NeTS: Medium: Collaborative Research: Big Data Enabled Wireless Networking: A Deep Learning Approach

NeTS：媒介：协作研究：大数据支持的无线网络：深度学习方法

基本信息

批准号：
1704092
负责人：
Guoliang Xue
金额：
$ 50万
依托单位：
Arizona State University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-08-15 至 2021-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1704092&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
NeTS Medium Collaborative Research Big

项目摘要

Wireless networks are becoming larger and more complicated, generating a huge amount of runtime statistics data (such as traffic load, resource usages, etc.) every second. Instead of treating big data in wireless networks as an unwanted burden, we aim to leverage them as a great opportunity for better understanding user demands and system capabilities such that we can optimize resource allocation to better serve mobile users. In addition, Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RANs) have become a key enabling technology for the next generation wireless communication systems. Their centralized architecture makes it easy to collect and analyze various runtime system data. This project aims to exploit how the powerful new machine learning techniques, including Deep Learning (DL) and Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL), can be leveraged to grasp the exciting opportunity provided by big data to enable future wireless networks to better serve their users. The proposed research is expected to significantly improve resource utilization of wireless networks and reduce their operational costs (such as power consumption), which can substantially benefit wireless network carriers and mobile users, and more importantly, is good for global environment. Beyond wireless networking, the proposed DL models and algorithms may find its applications in a large variety of domains, including video content analysis, user behavior study, etc. Moreover, the proposed project is expected to advance public understanding of the emerging 5G wireless communications, DL and DRL via publications, seminars and workshops, and international and industrial collaborations. The objective of this project is to develop a novel deep learning approach to enable efficient design and operations of future wireless networks with big data. Specifically, we will propose DL models and algorithms for spatiotemporal analysis and prediction of key system parameters, which can provide accurate and useful input information for existing resource allocation algorithms to better operate a wireless network. Moreover, we will develop a novel DRL-based control framework for a wireless network to efficiently allocate its resources by jointly learning the system environment and making decisions under the guidance of a powerful deep neural network. To achieve the above object, the project is organized into three cohesive thrusts: Thrust 1 Deep Learning based Modeling and Prediction; Thrust 2 Deep Reinforcement Learning based Dynamic Resource Allocation; and Thrust 3 Validation and Performance Evaluation.

无线网络越来越大，越来越复杂，每秒都会生成大量的运行时统计数据（例如流量负载，资源使用等）。我们的目的不是将无线网络中的大数据视为不必要的负担，而是利用它们作为更好地了解用户需求和系统功能的绝佳机会，以便我们可以优化资源分配以更好地服务于移动用户。此外，云无线电访问网络（C-RAN）已成为下一代无线通信系统的关键启用技术。他们的集中式体系结构使收集和分析各种运行时系统数据变得容易。该项目旨在利用强大的新机器学习技术（包括深度学习（DL）和深度强化学习（DRL））如何利用，以掌握大数据提供的激动人心的机会，以使未来的无线网络能够更好地为用户服务。预计拟议的研究将显着改善无线网络的资源利用，并降低其运营成本（例如功耗），这些成本可以实质上使无线网络运营商和移动用户受益，更重要的是，对全球环境有益。除了无线网络之外，提议的DL模型和算法可能会在各种领域中找到其应用程序，包括视频内容分析，用户行为研究等。此外，预计拟议的项目有望促进公众对新兴的5G无线通信，通过出版物和研讨会，以及国际和工业协作的DL和DRL的了解。该项目的目的是开发一种新颖的深度学习方法，以实现具有大数据的未来无线网络的有效设计和操作。具体而言，我们将提出用于时空分析和关键系统参数预测的DL模型和算法，这些参数可以为现有资源分配算法提供准确且有用的输入信息，以更好地操作无线网络。此外，我们将为无线网络开发一个新型的基于DRL的控制框架，以通过共同学习系统环境并在强大的深层神经网络的指导下做出决策来有效地分配其资源。为了实现上述对象，该项目被组织成三个凝聚力的推力：推力1基于深度学习的建模和预测；推力2基于深入学习的基于动态资源分配；并推力3验证和绩效评估。