Channel Prediction with Location Uncertainty for Ad-Hoc Networks
Journal article, 2018

Multi-agent systems (MAS) rely on positioning technologies to determine their physical location, and on wireless communication technologies to exchange information. Both positioning and communication are affected by uncertainties, which should be accounted for. This paper considers an agent placement problem to optimize end-to-end communication quality in a MAS, in the presence of uncertainties. Using Gaussian processes (GPs), operating on the input space of location distributions, we are able to model, learn, and predict the wireless channel. Predictions, in the form of distributions, are fed into the communication optimization problems. This approach inherently avoids regions of the workspace with high position uncertainty and leads to better average communication performance. We illustrate the benefits of our approach via extensive simulations, based on real wireless channel measurements. Finally, we demonstrate the improved channel learning and prediction performance, as well as the increased robustness in agent placement.

bit error rate

Ad-hoc networks

Gaussian processes

multi-agent systems

channel prediction

Author

Markus Fröhle

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Themistoklis Charalambous

Aalto University

Ido Nevat

TUMCREATE Limited

Henk Wymeersch

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

IIEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks

2373-776X (eISSN)

Vol. 4 2 349-361

High precision positioning for cooperative ITS applications

European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/636537), 2015-01-01 -- 2017-12-31.

Cooperative Situational Awareness for Wireless Networks (COOPNET)

European Commission (EC) (EC/FP7/258418), 2011-05-01 -- 2016-04-30.

Multi-technology positioning professionals (MULTI-POS)

European Commission (EC) (EC/FP7/316528), 2012-10-01 -- 2016-09-30.

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Subject Categories

Communication Systems

DOI

10.1109/TSIPN.2017.2705425

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