Ordinary Differential Equation-based MIMO Signal Detection

Inspired by the emerging technologies for energy-efficient analog computing and continuous-time processing, this paper proposes a continuous-time minimum mean squared error (MMSE) estimation for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems based on an ordinary differential equation (ODE). We derive an analytical formula for the mean squared error (MSE) at any given time, which is a primary performance measure for estimation methods in MIMO systems. The MSE of the proposed method depends on the regularization parameter, which affects the convergence properties. In addition, this method is extended by incorporating a time-dependent regularization parameter to enhance convergence performance. Numerical experiments demonstrate excellent consistency with theoretical values and improved convergence performance due to the integration of the time-dependent parameter. Other benefits of the ODE are also discussed in this paper. Discretizing the ODE for MMSE estimation using numerical methods provides insights into the construction and understanding of discrete-time estimation algorithms. We present discrete-time estimation algorithms based on the Euler and Runge-Kutta methods. The performance of the algorithms can be analyzed using the MSE formula for continuous-time methods, and their performance can be improved by using theoretical results in a continuous-time domain. These benefits can only be obtained through formulations using ODE.

Deep Unfolding-based Weighted Averaging for Federated Learning under Heterogeneous Environments

Federated learning is a collaborative model training method by iterating model updates at multiple clients and aggregation of the updates at a central server. Device and statistical heterogeneity of the participating clients cause performance degradation so that an appropriate weight should be assigned per client in the server's aggregation phase. This paper employs deep unfolding to learn the weights that adapt to the heterogeneity, which gives the model with high accuracy on uniform test data. The results of numerical experiments indicate the high performance of the proposed method and the interpretable behavior of the learned weights.

Energy Efficient Over-the-Air Computation for Correlated Data in Wireless Sensor Networks

Over-the-air computation (AirComp) enables efficient wireless data aggregation in sensor networks by simultaneous processing of calculation and communication. This paper proposes a novel precoding method for AirComp that incorporates statistical properties of sensing data, spatial correlation and heterogeneous data correlation. The design of the proposed precoding matrix requires no iterative processes so that it can be realized with low computational costs. Moreover, this method provides dimensionality reduction of sensing data to reduce communication costs per sensor. We evaluate performance of the proposed method in terms of various system parameters. The results show the superiority of the proposed method to conventional non-iterative methods in cases where the number of receive antennas at the aggregator is less than that of the total transmit antennas at the sensors.

MMSE Signal Detection for MIMO Systems based on Ordinary Differential Equation

Motivated by emerging technologies for energy efficient analog computing and continuous-time processing, this paper proposes continuous-time minimum mean squared error estimation for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems based on an ordinary differential equation. Mean squared error (MSE) is a principal detection performance measure of estimation methods for MIMO systems. We derive an analytical MSE formula that indicates the MSE at any time. The MSE of the proposed method depends on a regularization parameter which affects the convergence property of the MSE. Furthermore, we extend the proposed method by using a time-dependent regularization parameter to achieve better convergence performance. Numerical experiments indicated excellent agreement with the theoretical values and improvement in the convergence performance owing to the use of the time-dependent parameter.