Search Results for author: Wolfgang Utschick

Found 44 papers, 9 papers with code

Enhancing Channel Estimation in Quantized Systems with a Generative Prior

no code implementations26 Apr 2024 Benedikt Fesl, Aziz Banna, Wolfgang Utschick

Channel estimation in quantized systems is challenging, particularly in low-resolution systems.

Channel-Adaptive Pilot Design for FDD-MIMO Systems Utilizing Gaussian Mixture Models

no code implementations26 Mar 2024 Nurettin Turan, Benedikt Fesl, Benedikt Böck, Michael Joham, Wolfgang Utschick

Once shared with the mobile terminal (MT), the GMM is utilized to determine a feedback index at the MT in the online phase.

An Efficient Rate Splitting Precoding Approach in Multi-User MISO FDD Systems

no code implementations21 Mar 2024 Donia Ben Amor, Michael Joham, Wolfgang Utschick

In this work, we develop an efficient precoding strategy for a multi-user multiple-input-single output (MU MISO) system operating in frequency-division-duplex (FDD) mode, where rate splitting multiple access (RSMA) is implemented.

Diffusion-based Generative Prior for Low-Complexity MIMO Channel Estimation

1 code implementation6 Mar 2024 Benedikt Fesl, Michael Baur, Florian Strasser, Michael Joham, Wolfgang Utschick

This work proposes a novel channel estimator based on diffusion models (DMs), one of the currently top-rated generative models.

Wireless Channel Prediction via Gaussian Mixture Models

no code implementations13 Feb 2024 Nurettin Turan, Benedikt Böck, Kai Jie Chan, Benedikt Fesl, Friedrich Burmeister, Michael Joham, Gerhard Fettweis, Wolfgang Utschick

In this work, we utilize a Gaussian mixture model (GMM) to capture the underlying probability density function (PDF) of the channel trajectories of moving mobile terminals (MTs) within the coverage area of a base station (BS) in an offline phase.

DoA-Aided MMSE Channel Estimation for Wireless Communication Systems

no code implementations11 Dec 2023 Franz Weißer, Nurettin Turan, Wolfgang Utschick

This paper investigates the combination of parametric channel estimation with minimum mean square error (MMSE) estimation.

Variational Autoencoder for Channel Estimation: Real-World Measurement Insights

no code implementations6 Dec 2023 Michael Baur, Benedikt Böck, Nurettin Turan, Wolfgang Utschick

We investigate the effect of pre-training with synthetic data and find that the proposed estimator exhibits comparable results to the related estimators if trained on synthetic data and evaluated on the measurement data.

Highly Accelerated Weighted MMSE Algorithms for Designing Precoders in FDD Systems with Incomplete CSI

no code implementations4 Dec 2023 Donia Ben Amor, Michael Joham, Wolfgang Utschick

In this work, we derive a lower bound on the training-based achievable downlink (DL) sum rate (SR) of a multi-user multiple-input-single-output (MISO) system operating in frequency-division-duplex (FDD) mode.

Gohberg-Semencul Estimation of Toeplitz Structured Covariance Matrices and Their Inverses

no code implementations25 Nov 2023 Benedikt Böck, Dominik Semmler, Benedikt Fesl, Michael Baur, Wolfgang Utschick

This work introduces a novel class of positive definiteness ensuring likelihood-based estimators for Toeplitz structured covariance matrices (CMs) and their inverses.

Unsupervised high-throughput segmentation of cells and cell nuclei in quantitative phase images

no code implementations24 Nov 2023 Julia Sistermanns, Ellen Emken, Gregor Weirich, Oliver Hayden, Wolfgang Utschick

In the effort to aid cytologic diagnostics by establishing automatic single cell screening using high throughput digital holographic microscopy for clinical studies thousands of images and millions of cells are captured.

Segmentation

Channel Estimation in Underdetermined Systems Utilizing Variational Autoencoders

1 code implementation15 Sep 2023 Michael Baur, Nurettin Turan, Benedikt Fesl, Wolfgang Utschick

In this work, we propose to utilize a variational autoencoder (VAE) for channel estimation (CE) in underdetermined (UD) systems.

Design of a Single-User RIS-Aided MISO System Based on Statistical Channel Knowledge

no code implementations8 Sep 2023 Sadaf Syed, Dominik Semmler, Donia Ben Amor, Michael Joham, Wolfgang Utschick

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is considered a prospective technology for beyond fifth-generation (5G) networks to improve the spectral and energy efficiency at a low cost.

Channel Estimation for Quantized Systems based on Conditionally Gaussian Latent Models

1 code implementation7 Sep 2023 Benedikt Fesl, Nurettin Turan, Benedikt Böck, Wolfgang Utschick

Conditioning on the latent variable of these generative models yields a locally Gaussian channel distribution, thus enabling the application of the well-known Bussgang decomposition.

Quantization

Data-Aided Channel Estimation Utilizing Gaussian Mixture Models

no code implementations31 Aug 2023 Franz Weißer, Nurettin Turan, Dominik Semmler, Wolfgang Utschick

In this work, we propose two methods that utilize data symbols in addition to pilot symbols for improved channel estimation quality in a multi-user system, so-called semi-blind channel estimation.

Physically Consistent Modelling of Wireless Links with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Using Multiport Network Analysis

no code implementations23 Aug 2023 Josef A. Nossek, Dominik Semmler, Michael Joham, Wolfgang Utschick

The vast majority of research publications on RIS are focussing on system-level optimization and are based on very simplistic models ignoring basic physical laws.

Prediction and Interpretation of Vehicle Trajectories in the Graph Spectral Domain

no code implementations16 Aug 2023 Marion Neumeier, Sebastian Dorn, Michael Botsch, Wolfgang Utschick

This work provides a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of the graph spectral representation of traffic scenarios.

Leveraging Variational Autoencoders for Parameterized MMSE Estimation

2 code implementations11 Jul 2023 Michael Baur, Benedikt Fesl, Wolfgang Utschick

We propose three estimator variants that differ in their access to ground-truth data during the training and estimation phases.

Optimization and Interpretability of Graph Attention Networks for Small Sparse Graph Structures in Automotive Applications

1 code implementation25 May 2023 Marion Neumeier, Andreas Tollkühn, Sebastian Dorn, Michael Botsch, Wolfgang Utschick

For automotive applications, the Graph Attention Network (GAT) is a prominently used architecture to include relational information of a traffic scenario during feature embedding.

Graph Attention

On Learning the Tail Quantiles of Driving Behavior Distributions via Quantile Regression and Flows

no code implementations22 May 2023 Jia Yu Tee, Oliver De Candido, Wolfgang Utschick, Philipp Geiger

Towards safe autonomous driving (AD), we consider the problem of learning models that accurately capture the diversity and tail quantiles of human driver behavior probability distributions, in interaction with an AD vehicle.

Autonomous Driving regression

A Multidimensional Graph Fourier Transformation Neural Network for Vehicle Trajectory Prediction

no code implementations12 May 2023 Marion Neumeier, Andreas Tollkühn, Michael Botsch, Wolfgang Utschick

This work introduces the multidimensional Graph Fourier Transformation Neural Network (GFTNN) for long-term trajectory predictions on highways.

Decoder Descriptive +1

Low-Rank Structured MMSE Channel Estimation with Mixtures of Factor Analyzers

no code implementations28 Apr 2023 Benedikt Fesl, Nurettin Turan, Wolfgang Utschick

This work proposes a generative modeling-aided channel estimator based on mixtures of factor analyzers (MFA).

Gradient Derivation for Learnable Parameters in Graph Attention Networks

no code implementations21 Apr 2023 Marion Neumeier, Andreas Tollkühn, Sebastian Dorn, Michael Botsch, Wolfgang Utschick

This work provides a comprehensive derivation of the parameter gradients for GATv2 [4], a widely used implementation of Graph Attention Networks (GATs).

Graph Attention

Reverse Ordering Techniques for Attention-Based Channel Prediction

no code implementations1 Feb 2023 Valentina Rizzello, Benedikt Böck, Michael Joham, Wolfgang Utschick

This work aims to predict channels in wireless communication systems based on noisy observations, utilizing sequence-to-sequence models with attention (Seq2Seq-attn) and transformer models.

Asymptotic Behavior of Zero-Forcing Precoding based on Imperfect Channel Knowledge for Massive MISO FDD Systems

no code implementations20 Jan 2023 Donia Ben Amor, Michael Joham, Wolfgang Utschick

Although the LMMSE channel estimate exhibits a better quality in terms of the MSE due to the exploitation of the channel statistics, we show that in the case of contaminated channel observations, zero-forcing based on the LMMSE is unable to eliminate the inter-user interference in the asymptotic limit of high DL transmit powers.

Learning a Gaussian Mixture Model from Imperfect Training Data for Robust Channel Estimation

no code implementations16 Jan 2023 Benedikt Fesl, Nurettin Turan, Michael Joham, Wolfgang Utschick

In this letter, we propose a Gaussian mixture model (GMM)-based channel estimator which is learned on imperfect training data, i. e., the training data are solely comprised of noisy and sparsely allocated pilot observations.

Channel Estimation with Reduced Phase Allocations in RIS-Aided Systems

no code implementations14 Nov 2022 Benedikt Fesl, Andreas Faika, Nurettin Turan, Michael Joham, Wolfgang Utschick

In order to illuminate the additional cascaded channel as compared to systems without a RIS, commonly an unaffordable amount of pilot sequences has to be transmitted over different phase allocations at the RIS.

Unsupervised Parameter Estimation using Model-based Decoder

no code implementations3 Nov 2022 Franz Weißer, Michael Baur, Wolfgang Utschick

In this work, we consider the use of a model-based decoder in combination with an unsupervised learning strategy for direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation.

Decoder

Variational Inference Aided Estimation of Time Varying Channels

no code implementations31 Oct 2022 Benedikt Böck, Michael Baur, Valentina Rizzello, Wolfgang Utschick

One way to improve the estimation of time varying channels is to incorporate knowledge of previous observations.

Time Series Time Series Analysis +1

Model Order Selection with Variational Autoencoding

no code implementations27 Oct 2022 Michael Baur, Franz Weißer, Benedikt Böck, Wolfgang Utschick

Classical methods for model order selection often fail in scenarios with low SNR or few snapshots.

Decoder

ExAgt: Expert-guided Augmentation for Representation Learning of Traffic Scenarios

1 code implementation18 Jul 2022 Lakshman Balasubramanian, Jonas Wurst, Robin Egolf, Michael Botsch, Wolfgang Utschick, Ke Deng

The input data is augmented into two distorted views and an encoder learns the representations that are invariant to distortions -- cross-view prediction.

Representation Learning Self-Supervised Learning

Learning Representations for CSI Adaptive Quantization and Feedback

no code implementations13 Jul 2022 Valentina Rizzello, Matteo Nerini, Michael Joham, Bruno Clerckx, Wolfgang Utschick

In this work, we propose an efficient method for channel state information (CSI) adaptive quantization and feedback in frequency division duplexing (FDD) systems.

Quantization

Variational Autoencoder Leveraged MMSE Channel Estimation

no code implementations11 May 2022 Michael Baur, Benedikt Fesl, Michael Koller, Wolfgang Utschick

First, we show that given perfectly known channel state information at the input of the VAE during estimation, which is impractical, we obtain an estimator that can serve as a benchmark result for an estimation scenario.

Rate Splitting in FDD Massive MIMO Systems Based on the Second Order Statistics of Transmission Channels

no code implementations17 Jan 2022 Donia Ben Amor, Michael Joham, Wolfgang Utschick

In this work, we present new results for the application of rate splitting multiple access (RSMA) to the downlink (DL) of a massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MaMIMO) system operating in frequency-division-duplex (FDD) mode.

An Asymptotically MSE-Optimal Estimator based on Gaussian Mixture Models

no code implementations23 Dec 2021 Michael Koller, Benedikt Fesl, Nurettin Turan, Wolfgang Utschick

Then, a conditional mean estimator (CME) corresponding to this approximating PDF is computed in closed form and used as an approximation of the optimal CME based on the true channel PDF.

CSI Clustering with Variational Autoencoding

no code implementations18 Nov 2021 Michael Baur, Michael Würth, Michael Koller, Vlad-Costin Andrei, Wolfgang Utschick

The model order of a wireless channel plays an important role for a variety of applications in communications engineering, e. g., it represents the number of resolvable incident wavefronts with non-negligible power incident from a transmitter to a receiver.

Clustering Decoder +1

Learning a Compressive Sensing Matrix with Structural Constraints via Maximum Mean Discrepancy Optimization

no code implementations14 Oct 2021 Michael Koller, Wolfgang Utschick

We interpret a matrix with restricted isometry property as a mapping of points from a high- to a low-dimensional hypersphere.

Compressive Sensing

ChainNet: Neural Network-Based Successive Spectral Analysis

no code implementations8 May 2021 Andreas Barthelme, Wolfgang Utschick

We discuss a new neural network-based direction of arrival estimation scheme that tackles the estimation task as a multidimensional classification problem.

Classification Direction of Arrival Estimation +2

A Machine Learning Approach to DoA Estimation and Model Order Selection for Antenna Arrays with Subarray Sampling

no code implementations27 Sep 2020 Andreas Barthelme, Wolfgang Utschick

In this paper, we study the problem of direction of arrival estimation and model order selection for systems employing subarray sampling.

Direction of Arrival Estimation Model Selection

Model Order Selection in DoA Scenarios via Cross-Entropy based Machine Learning Techniques

no code implementations21 Oct 2019 Andreas Barthelme, Reinhard Wiesmayr, Wolfgang Utschick

In this paper, we present a machine learning approach for estimating the number of incident wavefronts in a direction of arrival scenario.

BIG-bench Machine Learning

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