Title
Transfer Learning and Meta Learning-Based Fast Downlink Beamforming Adaptation
Abstract
This article studies fast adaptive beamforming optimization for the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio balancing problem in a multiuser multiple-input single-output downlink system. Existing deep learning based approaches to predict beamforming rely on the assumption that the training and testing channels follow the same distribution which may not hold in practice. As a result, a trained model may lead to performance deterioration when the testing network environment changes. To deal with this task mismatch issue, we propose two offline adaptive algorithms based on deep transfer learning and meta-learning, which are able to achieve fast adaptation with the limited new labelled data when the testing wireless environment changes. Furthermore, we propose an online algorithm to enhance the adaptation capability of the offline meta algorithm in realistic non-stationary environments. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed adaptive algorithms achieve much better performance than the direct deep learning algorithm without adaptation in new environments. The meta-learning algorithm outperforms the deep transfer learning algorithm and achieves near optimal performance. In addition, compared to the offline meta-learning algorithm, the proposed online meta-learning algorithm shows superior adaption performance in changing environments.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1109/TWC.2020.3035843
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Deep transfer learning,meta-learning,online learning,beamforming,MISO,SINR balancing
Journal
20
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
1536-1276
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.37
26
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yi Yuan131.39
Gan Zheng22199115.78
Kai-Kit Wong33777281.90
Björn E. Ottersten46418575.28
Zhi-Quan Luo530.37