Hybrid Beamforming for RIS-Empowered Multi-hop Terahertz Communications: A DRL-based Method

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2009.09380v1
• Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 07:51:49 GMT
• Title: Hybrid Beamforming for RIS-Empowered Multi-hop Terahertz Communications: A DRL-based Method
• Authors: Chongwen Huang, Zhaohui Yang, George C. Alexandropoulos, Kai Xiong, Li Wei, Chau Yuen, and Zhaoyang Zhang
• Abstract summary: Wireless communication in the TeraHertz band (0.1--10 THz) is envisioned as one of the key enabling technologies for the future six generation (6G) wireless communication systems. We propose a novel hybrid beamforming scheme for the multi-hop RIS-assisted communication networks to improve the coverage range at THz-band frequencies.
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• Abstract: Wireless communication in the TeraHertz band (0.1--10 THz) is envisioned as one of the key enabling technologies for the future six generation (6G) wireless communication systems. However, very high propagation attenuations and molecular absorptions of THz frequencies often limit the signal transmission distance and coverage range. Benefited from the recent breakthrough on the reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) for realizing smart radio propagation environment, we propose a novel hybrid beamforming scheme for the multi-hop RIS-assisted communication networks to improve the coverage range at THz-band frequencies. We investigate the joint design of digital beamforming matrix at the BS and analog beamforming matrices at the RISs, by leveraging the recent advances in deep reinforcement learning (DRL) to combat the propagation loss. Simulation results show that our proposed scheme is able to improve 50\% more coverage range of THz communications compared with the benchmarks. Furthermore, it is also shown that our proposed DRL-based method is a state-of-the-art method to solve the NP-bard beamforming problem, especially when the signals at RIS-empowered THz communication networks experience multiple hops.

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