Volume 17, Number 4

Improving Channel Estimationin Vehicular Communication Networks with Diverse Mobility Patterns using BI-LSTM Model

  Authors

Daniel Asuquo ¹, Moses Ekpenyong ¹, Enefiok Etuk ², Kingsley Attai ³, Philip Asuquo ¹ and Temple Nwaeboiwe ¹, ¹ University of Uyo, Nigeria, ² Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Nigeria, ³ Ritman University, Nigeria

  Abstract

Accurate and low-latency channel estimation is essential for reliable vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication in high-mobility environments such as intelligent transportation systems (ITS). Conventional techniques such as Least Squares and Minimum Mean Square Error performpoorly indynamic wireless environments. This research introduces a deep learning (DL)-based channel estimationmodel employing a Bi-directional Long Short-Term Memory (Bi-LSTM) network, and evaluates its performance against traditional methods as well as a range of machine learning (ML) and DL models, including Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF), Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), and LSTM. Using the CN+ vehicular dataset, the models were trainedon features like velocity, distance, signal strength, Doppler shift, and path delay. Results showthat MLmodels, particularly RF and XGBoost, achieve high accuracy, with RF reaching 99.94%. Among DLmodels, Bi-LSTM performs best with 98.58% accuracy, and outperforms other models under high-speedconditions, due to its ability to capture temporal dependencies and track rapid channel variations. Thus, AI-based approaches can enhance channel estimation for safer and smarter vehicular communicationsystems.

  Keywords

Channel Estimation, Vehicular Networks, High-Mobility Environments & Deep Learning Model