Efficient Graph Neural Networks for Multicarrier Wideband Hybrid Beamforming Optimization

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2609.09708v1
• Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:47:20 GMT
• Title: Efficient Graph Neural Networks for Multicarrier Wideband Hybrid Beamforming Optimization
• Abstract summary: 6G wireless technology is poised to adopt higher and wider frequency bands, leveraging highly directional beamforming.<n>Traditional solutions, such as adding a true-time-delay filter to each antenna, are cost-prohibitive due to the required hardware scale.<n>This paper proposes a signal processing alternative using Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to optimize hybrid beamforming in multicarrier wideband systems.
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• Abstract: 6G wireless technology is poised to adopt higher and wider frequency bands, leveraging highly directional beamforming. However, the vast bandwidths amplify the impact of beam squinting. Traditional solutions, such as adding a true-time-delay filter to each antenna, are cost-prohibitive due to the required hardware scale. This paper proposes a signal processing alternative using Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to optimize hybrid beamforming in multicarrier wideband systems. Using a bipartite graph to represent a shared analog beamformer among multiple subcarriers, we develop three GNN structures with distinct digital beamformer representations (i) at the subcarrier nodes, (ii) at the edges, or (iii) integrating traditional singular-value decomposition solutions. By designing an efficient message-passing mechanism, these structures offer insights into the impact of different GNN designs on communication system performance and computational complexity. Extensive analysis and ablation studies show that our proposed GNN structures outperform traditional optimization methods and existing ML-based solutions. Furthermore, the proposed GNNs exhibit strong resiliency to beam squinting and better robustness against imperfect CSI than even fully digital beamforming and all existing hybrid designs. These GNNs can also be extended to multi-user scenarios and demonstrate excellent generalization capabilities, allowing trained models to adapt to diverse multicarrier and multi-user settings without retraining.

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