AI-Based Beam Management in 3GPP: Optimizing Data Collection Time Window for Temporal Beam Prediction

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has gained significant attention and extensive research across various fields in recent years. In the realm of wireless communication, researchers are exploring the use of AI to facilitate various physical layer (PHY) procedures. Within the standardization efforts of the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), one prominent direction being explored is AI-based beam management (BM). The primary objective is to harness AI techniques for predicting optimal beams, thereby reducing measurement overhead and latency. This paper aims to discuss the progress made in AI-based beam management within the Release 18 standardization. Furthermore, through our research, we have identified the mobile speed of user equipment (UE) as a crucial factor that impacts the optimal time window size for collecting input data in AI models. We have observed an inverse correlation between UE speed and the time window size. Accordingly, to mitigate unnecessary measurement overhead and latency, we propose that the determination of the time window size for input data collection should be based on the UE speed. Additionally, we will present our simulation results and provide a comprehensive analysis of this relationship.