Symbol-Based Over-the-Air Digital Predistortion Using Reinforcement Learning

Yibo Wu; Jinxiang Song; Christian Häger; Ulf Gustavsson; Alexandre Graell I Amat; Henk Wymeersch

doi:10.1109/ICC45855.2022.9839091

Symbol-Based Over-the-Air Digital Predistortion Using Reinforcement Learning
Paper in proceeding, 2022

We propose an over-the-air digital predistortion optimization algorithm using reinforcement learning. Based on a symbol-based criterion, the algorithm minimizes the errors between downsampled messages at the receiver side. The algorithm does not require any knowledge about the underlying hardware or channel. For a generalized memory polynomial power amplifier and additive white Gaussian noise channel, we show that the proposed algorithm achieves performance improvements in terms of symbol error rate compared with an indirect learning architecture even when the latter is coupled with a full sampling rate ADC in the feedback path. Furthermore, it maintains a satisfactory adjacent channel power ratio.