Double-Layer Power Control for Mobile Cell-Free XL-MIMO With Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

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Abstract
Cell-free (CF) extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is regarded as a promising technology for enabling future wireless communication systems. Significant attention has been generated by its considerable advantages in augmenting degrees of freedom. In this paper, we first investigate a CF XL-MIMO system with base stations equipped with XL-MIMO panels under a dynamic environment. Then, we propose an innovative multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL)-based power control algorithm that incorporates predictive management and distributed optimization architecture, which provides a dynamic strategy for addressing high-dimension signal processing problems. Specifically, we compare various MARL-based algorithms, which shows that the proposed MARL-based algorithm effectively strikes a balance between spectral efficiency (SE) performance and convergence time. Moreover, we consider a double-layer power control architecture based on the large-scale fading coefficients between antennas to suppress interference within dynamic systems. Compared to the single-layer architecture, the results obtained unveil that the proposed double-layer architecture has a nearly 24% SE performance improvement, especially with massive antennas and smaller antenna spacing.
Funding Information
  • Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2022JBQY004, 2023YJS001)
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China (2020YFB1807201)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (62221001)
  • Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, Major Project (BK20212002)
  • ZTE Industry-University-Institute Cooperation Funds (HC-CN-20221202003)

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