Low-Complexity OTFS-Based Over-the-Air Computation Design for Time-Varying Channels
2025 (English)In: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, ISSN 1536-1276, E-ISSN 1558-2248, Vol. 24, no 3, p. 2483-2497Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This paper investigates over-the-air computation (AirComp) over multiple-access time-varying channels, where devices with high mobility transmit their sensing data to a fusion center (FC) for averaging. To combat the Doppler shift induced by time-varying channels, each device adopts orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation. Our objective is minimizing the mean squared error (MSE) for the target function estimation. Due to the multipath time-varying channels, the OTFS-based AirComp not only suffers from noise but also interference. Specifically, we propose three schemes, namely S1, S2, and S3, for the target function estimation. S1 directly estimates the target function under the impacts of noise and interference. S2 mitigates the interference by introducing a zero padding-assisted OTFS. In S3, we propose an iterative algorithm to estimate the function in a matrix form. In the numerical results, we evaluate the performance of S1, S2, and S3 from the perspectives of MSE and computational complexity, and compare them with benchmarks. Specifically, compared to benchmarks, S3 outperforms them with a significantly lower MSE but incurs a higher computational complexity. In contrast, S2 demonstrates a reduction in both MSE and computational complexity. Lastly, S1 shows superior error performance at small SNR and reduced computational complexity.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2025. Vol. 24, no 3, p. 2483-2497
Keywords [en]
Interference, Time-varying channels, Computational complexity, Estimation, Channel estimation, Wireless communication, Symbols, Doppler shift, Performance evaluation, Benchmark testing, Over-the-air computation, orthogonal time frequency space modulation, high-mobility
National Category
Engineering and Technology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-361877DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2024.3521982ISI: 001442866900020Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105001061230OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-361877DiVA, id: diva2:1949336
Note
QC 20250402
2025-04-022025-04-022025-05-27Bibliographically approved