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Record W4410852322 · doi:10.1109/comst.2025.3574765

A Comprehensive Survey of Knowledge-Driven Deep Learning for Intelligent Wireless Network Optimization in 6G

2025· article· en· W4410852322 on OpenAlexaff
Ruijin Sun, Nan Cheng, Changle Li, Wei Quan, Haibo Zhou, Ying Wang, Wei Zhang, Xuemin Shen

Bibliographic record

VenueIEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicWireless Body Area Networks
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Waterloo
FundersNational Natural Science Foundation of China
KeywordsComputer scienceWireless networkDeep learningArtificial intelligenceWirelessData scienceTelecommunications

Abstract

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The sixth generation (6G) wireless networks are envisioned to feature wide-area coverage, diversified full-scenario services, massive connections and dynamic heterogeneity, resulting in large-scale and complex network optimization problems. Traditional model-based methods, while effective in simple scenarios with precise mathematical models, struggle with high computational intensity and long processing times in the realistic and intricate applications of 6G. Pure data-driven deep learning (DL) methods offer powerful approximation capabilities and fast online inference but are hindered by insufficient datasets and poor interpretability. To address these issues, knowledge-driven DL integrates domain knowledge into neural networks, combining the strengths of both model-based and data-driven approaches. This survey systematically reviews knowledge-driven DL in wireless networks from a novel perspective of the knowledge integration approach. It provides a comprehensive definition of domain knowledge in wireless networks and clarifies the types of knowledge and their representations that can be integrated into neural networks. Furthermore, a leading taxonomy of knowledge integration approaches in wireless networks is proposed, encompassing the integration of domain knowledge into neural network model selection, neural network model customization, knowledge and data fusion architecture construction, loss function design, and hyperparameter configuration. Based on this taxonomy, literature on knowledge-driven resource allocation and signal processing is thoroughly reviewed. This survey aims to provide an insightful guideline for effectively incorporating domain knowledge into neural networks in the field of wireless communications, ultimately advancing efficient and reliable intelligent 6G networks.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.004
Threshold uncertainty score0.012

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0010.002
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0020.003
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0040.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.048
GPT teacher head0.307
Teacher spread0.259 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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