Presentation 2020-12-18
K-Factor Estimation based on Spectrogram Images by Convolutional Neural Network
Shun Kojima, Kosuke Shima, Kazuki Maruta, Chang-Jun Ahn,
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Abstract(in English) In the next generation mobile communications systems, accurate and fast acquisition of the communication environment is essential to achieve high-speed and low-latency communication. A $K$-factor in Rician fading is a major determinant of the link quality. Therefore, $K$-factor estimation is a very important task in order to achieve high performance of adaptive control in wireless communications that is dependent on the link quality. Conventional methods for estimating the $K$-factor have been widely studied, including the method using moments of the received signal and the method based on the received signal envelope and channel statistics. These methods require sampling of the signal on a large scale, which increases the amount of computation and processing time. In this paper, we focus on spectrograms containing features of the $K$-factor and propose a novel its estimation method using convolutional neural network (CNN) from a single packet. Simulation results reveal its effectiveness in terms of estimation accuracy and resultant adaptive modulation performance.
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Keyword(in English) Spectrogram / CNN / K factor estimation
Paper # RCS2020-153
Date of Issue 2020-12-10 (RCS)

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Committee NS / RCS
Conference Date 2020/12/17(2days)
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Place (in English) Online
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Topics (in English) Multi-hop/Relay/Cooperation, Disaster-resistant wireless network, Sensor/Mesh network, Ad-hoc network, D2D/M2M, Wireless network coding, Handover/AP switching/Connected cell control/Load balancing among base stations/Mobile network dynamic reconfiguration, QoS/QoE assurance, Wireless VoIP, IoT, Edge computing, etc.
Chair Akihiro Nakao(Univ. of Tokyo) / Eiji Okamoto(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.)
Vice Chair Tetsuya Oishi(NTT) / Fumiaki Maehara(Waseda Univ.) / Toshihiko Nishimura(Hokkaido Univ.) / Tomoya Tandai(Toshiba)
Secretary Tetsuya Oishi(NTT) / Fumiaki Maehara(Chuo Univ.) / Toshihiko Nishimura(Kyushu Univ.) / Tomoya Tandai(NEC)
Assistant Shinya Kawano(NTT) / Koichi Adachi(Univ. of Electro-Comm.) / Osamu Nakamura(Sharp) / Manabu Sakai(Mitsubishi Electric) / Masashi Iwabuchi(NTT) / Tatsuki Okuyama(NTT DOCOMO)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Network Systems / Technical Committee on Radio Communication Systems
Language JPN
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Title (in English) K-Factor Estimation based on Spectrogram Images by Convolutional Neural Network
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Spectrogram
Keyword(2) CNN
Keyword(3) K factor estimation
1st Author's Name Shun Kojima
1st Author's Affiliation Chiba University(Chiba Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Kosuke Shima
2nd Author's Affiliation Chiba University(Chiba Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Kazuki Maruta
3rd Author's Affiliation Tokyo Institute of Technology(Tokyo Tech)
4th Author's Name Chang-Jun Ahn
4th Author's Affiliation Chiba University(Chiba Univ.)
Date 2020-12-18
Paper # RCS2020-153
Volume (vol) vol.120
Number (no) RCS-298
Page pp.pp.103-108(RCS),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2020-12-10 (RCS)