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Effect of Architectural Composition of MLP ANN in Neural Network Learning for Signal Power Loss Prediction

Virginia C. Ebhota and Viranjay M. Srivastava
Department of Electronic Engineering, Howard College, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban - 4041, South Africa

Abstract—This work analyzes the architectural complexity of a Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model suitable for modeling and predicting signal power loss in micro-cellular environments. The MLP neural network model with one, two, and three hidden layers respectively were trained using measurement datasets used as the target values collected from a micro-cell environment that is suitable to describe different propagation paths and conditions. The neural network training has been performed by applying different training techniques to ensure a well-trained network for good generalization and avoid over-fitting during network training. Bayesian regularization algorithm (that updates weights and biases during network training) following the Levenberg-Marquardt optimization training algorithm was used as the training algorithm. A comparative analysis of training results from one, two, and three hidden layers MLP neural networks show the best prediction result of the signal power loss using a neural network with one hidden layer. A complex architectural composition of the MLP neural network involved very high training time and higher prediction errors.

Index Terms—Architecture of MLP ANN, Micro-cellular, Neuron variation, Signal power loss, Bayesian Regularization, ANN

Cite: Virginia C. Ebhota and Viranjay M. Srivastava, "Effect of Architectural Composition of MLP ANN in Neural Network Learning for Signal Power Loss Prediction," Journal of Communications vol. 16, no. 1, 20-29, January 2021. Doi: 10.12720/jcm.16.1.20-29

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