Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COGNITIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING
Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages 812-827Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TCCN.2021.3118459
Keywords
Millimeter-wave; 5G new radio; dynamic blockage; machine learning; deep neural network
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Funding
- Irish Research Council
- Nokia Ireland Ltd [EPSPG/2016/106]
- Science Foundation Ireland [13/RC/2077_P2]
- Irish Research Council (IRC) [EPSPG/2016/106] Funding Source: Irish Research Council (IRC)
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In this paper, we propose a novel beam recovery procedure that utilizes Machine Learning tools to predict blockage events caused by dynamic blockers in factory environments. By generating synthetic data and training Deep Neural Network models, we demonstrate that our prediction-based approach significantly improves signal level stability and data rate compared to detection-based methods, especially when blockers move at higher speeds.
In this paper, we consider millimeter Wave (mmWave) technology to provide reliable wireless network service within factories where links may experience rapid and temporary fluctuations of the received signal power due to dynamic blockers, such as humans and robots, moving in the environment. We propose a novel beam recovery procedure that leverages Machine Learning (ML) tools to predict the starting and finishing of blockage events. This erases the delay introduced by current 5G New Radio (5G-NR) procedures when switching to an alternative serving base station and beam, and then re-establish the primary connection after the blocker has moved away. Firstly, we generate synthetic data using a detailed system-level simulator that integrates the most recent 3GPP 3D Indoor channel models and the geometric blockage Model-B. Then, we use the generated data to train offline a set of beam-specific Deep Neural Network (DNN) models that provide predictions about the beams' blockage states. Finally, we deploy the DNN models online into the system-level simulator to evaluate the benefits of the proposed solution. Our prediction-based beam recovery procedure guarantees higher signal level stability and up to 82% data rate improvement with respect a detection-based method when blockers move at speed of 2 m/s.
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