2024/03/11 by Hui‐Wen Yang, Yang, Huiwen, Xiaomeng Chen +7 · 1 citation
Computer Science · #Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms #FOS: Electrical engineering #Signal Processing (eess.SP) #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #electronic engineering #information engineering
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2403.06920
openalex publication_date 2024/03/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Over-the-air aggregation has attracted widespread attention for its potential advantages in task-oriented applications, such as distributed sensing, learning, and consensus. In this paper, we develop a communication-efficient distributed average consensus protocol by utilizing over-the-air aggregation, which exploits the superposition property of wireless channels rather than combat it. Noisy channels and non-coherent transmission are taken into account, and only half-duplex transceivers are required. We prove that the system can achieve average consensus in mean square and even almost surely under the proposed protocol. Furthermore, we extend the analysis to the scenarios with time-varying topology. Numerical simulation shows the effectiveness of the proposed protocol.