2024/09/10 by Seyed Mohammad Azimi‐Abarghouyi, Lav R. Varshney, Azimi-Abarghouyi, Seyed Mohammad +1 · 1 citation
Computer Science · #Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) #Cryptography and Data Security #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Information Theory (cs.IT) #Machine Learning (cs.LG) #Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data #Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2409.06343
openalex publication_date 2024/09/10 · openalex created_date 2024/10/22 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This paper introduces a federated learning framework that enables over-the-air computation via digital communications, using a new joint source-channel coding scheme. Without relying on channel state information at devices, this scheme employs lattice codes to both quantize model parameters and exploit interference from the devices. We propose a novel receiver structure at the server, designed to reliably decode an integer combination of the quantized model parameters as a lattice point for the purpose of aggregation. We present a mathematical approach to derive a convergence bound for the proposed scheme and offer design remarks. In this context, we suggest an aggregation metric and a corresponding algorithm to determine effective integer coefficients for the aggregation in each communication round. Our results illustrate that, regardless of channel dynamics and data heterogeneity, our scheme consistently delivers superior learning accuracy across various parameters and markedly surpasses other over-the-air methodologies.