학술논문

Statistical CSI-Based Beamforming for RIS-Aided Multiuser MISO Systems via Deep Reinforcement Learning
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett. Wireless Communications Letters, IEEE. 13(2):570-574 Feb, 2024
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Computing and Processing
Signal Processing and Analysis
Array signal processing
Optimization
Rician channels
MISO communication
Azimuth
Multiuser channels
Channel state information
Beamforming
deep reinforcement learning
reconfigurable intelligent surface
channel state information
Language
ISSN
2162-2337
2162-2345
Abstract
This letter presents a novel joint beamforming algorithm for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) in multiuser multiple-input single-output (MISO) wireless communications. At first, by utilizing statistical channel state information (CSI) instead of instantaneous CSI, we significantly reduce channel estimation overhead. Then, the optimization of beamforming weights is accomplished using the proximal policy optimization (PPO) algorithm, a well-established actor-critic-based reinforcement learning (RL) approach. The impact of system parameters on user sum rate is also analyzed through simulations. The results show the PPO algorithm outperforms the existing methods by combining beamforming techniques with statistical CSI.