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AI LLM March 10, 2026

A Hybrid Model-Assisted Approach for Path Loss Prediction in Suburban Scenarios

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Chenlong Wang, Bo Ai, Ruiming Chen, Ruisi He, Mi Yang, Yuxin Zhang, Weirong Liu, Liu Liu

Abstract

Accurate path loss prediction is crucial for wireless network planning and optimization in suburban environments with complex terrain variation and diverse land cover. This paper proposes a model assisted hybrid path loss prediction method that introduces an environment adaptive compensation on top of the classic close-in free-space reference distance (CI) path loss model. By jointly predicting the path loss exponent and a compensation term, the proposed approach dynamically adjusts the empirical trend. To improve the effectiveness of environmental representation, three environmental image organization schemes are constructed and evaluated. Experiments on measurement data collected in Pingtan Island show that the proposed method outperforms the CI model and a conventional model assisted baseline, achieving a test root mean square error of 4.04 dB.

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arXiv ID: 2603.09808
Provider: ARXIV
Primary Category: eess.SP
Published: 2026-03-10
Fetched: 2026-03-11 06:02

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