Fast Adaptation for Deep Learning-Based Wireless Communications

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Title: Fast Adaptation for Deep Learning-Based Wireless Communications
Authors: Wang, Ouya, He, Hengtao, Zhou, Shenglong, Ding, Zhi, Jin, Shi, Letaief, Khaled B., Li, Geoffrey Ye
Source: IEEE Communications Magazine. 63:158-164
Publication Status: Preprint
Publisher Information: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025.
Publication Year: 2025
Subject Terms: Computer Science - Networking and Internet Architecture, Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI), Signal Processing (eess.SP), FOS: Computer and information sciences, Emerging Technologies (cs.ET), FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Computer Science - Emerging Technologies, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Signal Processing
Description: The integration with artificial intelligence (AI) is recognized as one of the six usage scenarios in next-generation wireless communications. However, several critical challenges hinder the widespread application of deep learning (DL) techniques in wireless communications. In particular, existing DL-based wireless communications struggle to adapt to the rapidly changing wireless environments. In this paper, we discuss fast adaptation for DL-based wireless communications by using few-shot learning (FSL) techniques. We first identify the differences between fast adaptation in wireless communications and traditional AI tasks by highlighting two distinct FSL design requirements for wireless communications. To establish a wide perspective, we present a comprehensive review of the existing FSL techniques in wireless communications that satisfy these two design requirements. In particular, we emphasize the importance of applying domain knowledge in achieving fast adaptation. We specifically focus on multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) precoding as an examples to demonstrate the advantages of the FSL to achieve fast adaptation in wireless communications. Finally, we highlight several open research issues for achieving broadscope future deployment of fast adaptive DL in wireless communication applications.
Document Type: Article
ISSN: 1558-1896
0163-6804
DOI: 10.1109/mcom.001.2400502
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2409.04302
Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04302
Rights: IEEE Copyright
CC BY
Accession Number: edsair.doi.dedup.....8aed94d23fec645e2fae0aad0834257f
Database: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:The integration with artificial intelligence (AI) is recognized as one of the six usage scenarios in next-generation wireless communications. However, several critical challenges hinder the widespread application of deep learning (DL) techniques in wireless communications. In particular, existing DL-based wireless communications struggle to adapt to the rapidly changing wireless environments. In this paper, we discuss fast adaptation for DL-based wireless communications by using few-shot learning (FSL) techniques. We first identify the differences between fast adaptation in wireless communications and traditional AI tasks by highlighting two distinct FSL design requirements for wireless communications. To establish a wide perspective, we present a comprehensive review of the existing FSL techniques in wireless communications that satisfy these two design requirements. In particular, we emphasize the importance of applying domain knowledge in achieving fast adaptation. We specifically focus on multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) precoding as an examples to demonstrate the advantages of the FSL to achieve fast adaptation in wireless communications. Finally, we highlight several open research issues for achieving broadscope future deployment of fast adaptive DL in wireless communication applications.
ISSN:15581896
01636804
DOI:10.1109/mcom.001.2400502