Joint Optimization for Federated Learning and Transmission over Unreliable Wireless Networks with Heterogeneous Data

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2609.14246v1
• Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 02:49:28 GMT
• Title: Joint Optimization for Federated Learning and Transmission over Unreliable Wireless Networks with Heterogeneous Data
• Abstract summary: In wireless federated learning (FL), data heterogeneity and multiple local updates induce client drift, degrading convergence.<n>We propose a federated random walk averaging (FedRW) framework that mitigates data heterogeneity by updating models along random walk (RW) paths and aggregating them at the server.<n>We formulate a joint optimization problem that integrates learning, RW path selection, and transmission parameter tuning, aiming to minimize the training loss under delay constraints.
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• Abstract: In wireless federated learning (FL), data heterogeneity and multiple local updates induce client drift, degrading model convergence. It is further affected by unreliable wireless links, as transmission errors may invalidate model updates. To address these challenges, we propose a federated random walk averaging (FedRW) framework, which is a variant of federated averaging (FedAvg) that mitigates data heterogeneity by updating models along random walk (RW) paths and aggregating them at the server. Model parameters are transmitted in packets with retransmission support to improve training quality by mitigating wireless errors along RW paths. Meanwhile, wireless transmission delays hinder the exploration of FedRW. To this end, we formulate a joint optimization problem that integrates learning, RW path selection, and transmission parameter tuning, aiming to minimize the training loss under delay constraints. By deriving an upper bound on the expected convergence of FedRW over unreliable wireless networks, we reduce the problem to a general form agnostic to task type and model architecture. A distributed solution is then proposed, in which the server or clients optimize packet size and maximum number of retransmissions locally, and efficiently select reliable and expandable next-hop nodes via a resilience-aware beam search with dynamic pruning. Simulation results show that FedRW achieves 2.26%-9% higher accuracy than state-of-the-art baselines under high data heterogeneity. Furthermore, the jointly optimized FedRW yields at least 2.78% higher accuracy and faster convergence compared to baselines.

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