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Group Relative Policy Optimization for Robust Blind Interference Alignment with Fluid Antennas

  • Jianqiu Peng*
  • , Tong Zhang
  • , Shuai Wang
  • , Mingjie Shao
  • , Hao Xu
  • , Rui Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Information Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen
  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen
  • Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology
  • CAS - Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences
  • Southeast University, Nanjing
  • Southern University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

Fluid antenna system (FAS) leverages dynamic re-configurability to unlock spatial degrees of freedom and reshape wireless channels. Blind interference alignment (BIA) aligns interference through antenna switching. This paper proposes, for the first time, a robust fluid antenna-driven BIA framework for a K-user MISO downlink under imperfect channel state information (CSI). We formulate a robust sum-rate maximization problem through optimizing fluid antenna positions (switching positions). To solve this challenging non-convex problem, we employ group relative policy optimization (GRPO), a novel deep reinforcement learning algorithm that eliminates the critic network. This robust design reduces model size and floating point operations (FLOPs) by nearly half compared to proximal policy optimization (PPO) while significantly enhancing performance through group-based exploration that escapes bad local optima. Simulation results demonstrate that GRPO outperforms PPO by 4.17%, and a 100K-step pre-trained PPO by 30.29%. Due to error distribution learning, GRPO exceeds heuristic MaximumGain and RandomGain by 200.78% and 465.38%, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICC 2026 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9798319542090
DOIs
StatePublished - 2026
Externally publishedYes
Event2026 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2026 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Duration: 24 May 202628 May 2026

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Communications
ISSN (Print)1550-3607

Conference

Conference2026 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2026
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityGlasgow
Period24/05/2628/05/26

Keywords

  • Blind interference alignment
  • fluid antenna system
  • group relative policy optimization
  • sum-rate

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