Bayesian-Guided Cooperative RL Beamforming for Wireless Adversarial User Detection
Abstract
In next-generation wireless networks, communication systems are expected to go beyond simple data transmission and simultaneously provide high data rates, efficiency, and security. This requirement has motivated the extensive adoption of machine learning methods to develop intelligent and real-time network management frameworks, enabling the system to continuously monitor and react to channel variations and user behavior while maintaining efficient information delivery. In this context, the integration of machine learning with beamforming enables adaptive and data-driven beam direction selection, improving both the efficiency and security of wireless links. In this work, a 3GPP-based system model is first implemented under a no-attacker scenario, and an exhaustive search is employed as a reference to identify the best beamforming configurations. The proposed framework is then evaluated in the presence of an attacker and under different network scalability conditions. We demonstrate that the reinforcement learning-based approaches, namely Q-learning and SARSA (State-Action-Reward-State-Action), consistently outperform random selection in terms of total channel capacity, attacker detection accuracy, and performance stability. Among the evaluated reinforcement learning methods, Q-learning achieves the best overall trade-off between detection accuracy and computational efficiency. Our results indicate that the proposed framework provides a stable, scalable, and effective solution for joint beamforming and security-aware decision-making in dynamic and adversarial wireless environments.
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BibTeX
@misc{geranmayeh2026bayesianguided,
title = {{Bayesian-Guided Cooperative RL Beamforming for Wireless Adversarial User Detection}},
author = {Parmida Geranmayeh and Onur Günlü},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2607.25417},
eprint = {2607.25417},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.25417},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Bayesian-Guided Cooperative RL Beamforming for Wireless Adversarial User Detection
AU - Parmida Geranmayeh
AU - Onur Günlü
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/29
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2607.25417
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.25417
AB - In next-generation wireless networks, communication systems are expected to go beyond simple data transmission and simultaneously provide high data rates, efficiency, and security. This requirement has motivated the extensive adoption of machine learning methods to develop intelligent and real-time network management frameworks, enabling the system to continuously monitor and react to channel variations and user behavior while maintaining efficient information delivery. In this context, the integration of machine learning with beamforming enables adaptive and data-driven beam direction selection, improving both the efficiency and security of wireless links. In this work, a 3GPP-based system model is first implemented under a no-attacker scenario, and an exhaustive search is employed as a reference to identify the best beamforming configurations. The proposed framework is then evaluated in the presence of an attacker and under different network scalability conditions. We demonstrate that the reinforcement learning-based approaches, namely Q-learning and SARSA (State-Action-Reward-State-Action), consistently outperform random selection in terms of total channel capacity, attacker detection accuracy, and performance stability. Among the evaluated reinforcement learning methods, Q-learning achieves the best overall trade-off between detection accuracy and computational efficiency. Our results indicate that the proposed framework provides a stable, scalable, and effective solution for joint beamforming and security-aware decision-making in dynamic and adversarial wireless environments.
ER -