Abstract:
With the increasing demands for spectral and energy efficiency, distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks assisted with reconfigurable intelligent surfac...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
With the increasing demands for spectral and energy efficiency, distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks assisted with reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have attracted considerable attention. In this paper, we investigate the joint optimization of access point (AP) scheduling and precoding for RIS-aided distributed MIMO networks. To make this challenging problem more tractable, we decouple the joint optimization into two hierarchical subproblems, which eventually formulate a two-timescale scheme. To further reduce the computational complexity of joint precoding, we propose a hierarchical deep reinforcement learning (HDRL) framework to maximize the system sum spectral efficiency (SE), which leads to a distributed deployment with centralized training. Simulation results show that the proposed framework yields significant reduction in the computational complexity with slight performance loss, and strong generalizability against varying system parameters.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology ( Volume: 74, Issue: 3, March 2025)