Unsupervised Learning for D2D-Assisted Multicast Scheduling in mmWave Networks

• Published in: 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB) pp. 1 - 6
• Main Authors: Chukhno, Nadezhda, Chukhno, Olga, Pizzi, Sara, Molinaro, Antonella, Iera, Antonio, Araniti, Giuseppe
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 04-08-2021
• Subjects: blockage; D2D; Device-to-device communication; machine learning; Millimeter wave communication; multicast; Power demand; Reliability; Simulation; System performance; Transmitting antennas; Wearable computers; wearable devices
• ISSN: 2155-5052
• DOI: 10.1109/BMSB53066.2021.9547189

The combination of multicast and directional mmWave communication paves the way for solving spectrum crunch problems, increasing spectrum efficiency, ensuring reliability, and reducing access point load. Furthermore, multi-hop relaying is considered as one of the key interest areas in future 5G+ systems to achieve enhanced system performance. Based on this approach, users located close to the base station may serve as relays towards cell-edge users in their proximity by using more robust device-to-device (D2D) links, which is essential, e.g., to reduce the power consumption for wearable devices. In this paper, we account for the limitations and capabilities of directional mmWave multicast systems by proposing a low-complexity heuristic solution that leverages an unsupervised machine learning algorithm for multicast group formation and by exploiting the D2D technology to deal with the blockage problem.