【ISAC】 Over-the-Air

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Over-the-air computation 在典型的无线通信系统中，不同用户发送的信号通常会经历多路传输，最终在接收端被分离并解调。而在OTA计算中，各个用户的信号通过预先设计的调制方式被发送，接收端接收的信号是这些用户信号的叠加结果。通过对接收信号的简单处理，接收端可以直接得到所需的计算结果，而不需要分离出各个用户的独立信号。减少了通信和计算的开销，特别适用于边缘计算、物联网、分布式机器学习等需要大规模传感器数据聚合的场景。 <