Deep Recurrent Q-Network Methods for mmWave Beam Tracking systems

Juseong Park, Sangwon Hwang, Hoon Lee, Inkyu Lee

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Abstract

This article studies a reinforcement learning (RL) approach for beam tracking problems in millimeter-wave massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Entire beam sweeping in traditional beam training problems is intractable due to prohibitive search overheads. To solve this issue, a partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) formulation can be applied where decisions are made with partial beam sweeping. However, the POMDP cannot be straightforwardly addressed by existing RL approaches which are intended for fully observable environments. In this paper, we propose a deep recurrent Q-learning (DRQN) method which provides an efficient beam decision policy only with partial observations. Numerical results validate the superiority of the proposed method over conventional schemes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13429-13434
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Volume71
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022 Dec 1

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Keywords

  • Beam tracking
  • deep reinforcement learning
  • millimeter-wave communication

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Automotive Engineering

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