Processing of communications signals using machine learning

One or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, are configured to cause the one or more processors to perform operations to control processing of radio frequency (RF) signals using a machine-learning network, the operations comprising:

• receiving a first RF signal input to a radio communications apparatus, wherein the radio communications apparatus includes a plurality of radio stages and a plurality of controllers, each controller of the plurality of controllers configured to control a particular radio stage of the plurality of radio stages, the plurality of radio stages including a radio antenna and the plurality of controllers including an antenna controller for controlling the radio antenna;
• processing the first RF signal using at least the radio antenna of the plurality of radio stages of the radio communications apparatus;
• in response to the processing, generating, at an output of the radio antenna, a second RF signal for transmission in a communications system;
• obtaining one or more observations about the second RF signal;
• determining one or more metrics of the second RF signal;
• adjusting, using at least one of the one or more observations or the one or more metrics, parameters of a machine-learning network, the parameters corresponding to one or more policies to process RF signals by controlling one or more radio stages of the plurality of radio stages, the one or more radio stages including the radio antenna;
• in response to adjusting the parameters of the machine-learning network, updating one or more actions performed by one or more controllers corresponding to the one or more radio stages, including updating one or more actions performed by the antenna controller to select at least one antenna parameter from one of azimuth, elevation, impedance matching, antenna port, or another antenna operating characteristic;
• and
• processing a subsequent RF signal input to the radio communications apparatus using at least the radio antenna controlled by the antenna controller based at least on the updated one or more actions.

A communications system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more machine-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, are configured to cause the one or more processors to perform operations to control processing of radio frequency (RF) signals using a machine-learning network, the operations comprising:
• receiving a first RF signal input to a radio communications apparatus, wherein the radio communications apparatus includes a plurality of radio stages and a plurality of controllers, each controller of the plurality of controllers configured to control a particular radio stage of the plurality of radio stages, the plurality of radio stages including a radio antenna and the plurality of controllers including an antenna controller for controlling the radio antenna;
• processing the first RF signal using at least the radio antenna of the plurality of radio stages of the radio communications apparatus;
• in response to the processing, generating, at an output of the radio antenna, a second RF signal for transmission in the communications system;
• obtaining one or more observations about the second RF signal;
• determining one or more metrics of the second RF signal;
• adjusting, using at least one of the one or more observations or the one or more metrics, parameters of a machine-learning network, the parameters corresponding to one or more policies to process RF signals by controlling one or more radio stages of the plurality of radio stages, the one or more radio stages including the radio antenna;
• in response to adjusting the parameters of the machine-learning network, updating one or more actions performed by one or more controllers corresponding to the one or more radio stages, including updating one or more actions performed by the antenna controller to select at least one antenna parameter from one of azimuth, elevation, impedance matching, antenna port, or another antenna operating characteristic;
• and
• processing a subsequent RF signal input to the radio communications apparatus using at least the radio antenna controlled by the antenna controller based at least on the updated one or more actions.