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In this paper, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted wireless network is considered in which a battery-constrained UAV is assumed to move towards energy-constrained ground nodes to receive status updates about their observed processes.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-06-30 Aidin Ferdowsi , Mohamed A. Abd-Elmagid , Walid Saad , Harpreet S. Dhillon

In the domain of continuous control, deep reinforcement learning (DRL) demonstrates promising results. However, the dependence of DRL on deep neural networks (DNNs) results in the demand for extensive data and increased computational cost.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Shiron Thalagala , Pak Kin Wong , Xiaozheng Wang , Tianang Sun

This paper investigates the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted resilience perspective in the 6G network energy saving (NES) scenario. More specifically, we consider multiple ground base stations (GBSs) and each GBS has three different…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Dao Lan Vy Dinh , Anh Nguyen Thi Mai , Hung Tran , Giang Quynh Le Vu , Tu Dac Ho , Zhenni Pan , Vo Nhan Van , Symeon Chatzinotas , Dinh-Hieu Tran

In this paper, we employ multiple UAVs to accelerate data transmissions from ground users (GUs) to a remote base station (BS) via the UAVs' relay communications. The UAVs' intermittent information exchanges typically result in delays in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Che Chen , Lanhua Li , Shimin Gong , Yu Zhao , Yuming Fang , Dusit Niyato

Deploying controllers trained with Reinforcement Learning (RL) on real robots can be challenging: RL relies on agents' policies being modeled as Markov Decision Processes (MDPs), which assume an inherently discrete passage of time. The use…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-03 Dong Wang , Giovanni Beltrame

Recent technological progress in the development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) together with decreasing acquisition costs make the application of drone fleets attractive for a wide variety of tasks. In agriculture, disaster management,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Yoav Alon , Huiyu Zhou

Utilizing Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) assisted wireless communication has been extensively researched. However, existing DRL methods either act as a simple optimizer or only solve problems…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-19 Meng-Qian Alexander Wu , Tzu-Hsien Sang , Luisa Schuhmacher , Ming-Jie Guo , Khodr Hammoud , Sofie Pollin

Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) addresses computational and battery limitations in devices by allowing them to offload computation tasks. To overcome the difficulties in establishing line-of-sight connections, integrating unmanned aerial…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-12-15 Pyae Sone Aung , Loc X. Nguyen , Yan Kyaw Tun , Zhu Han , Choong Seon Hong

With the rapid expansion of the low-altitude economy, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) serve as pivotal aerial base stations supporting diverse services from users, ranging from latency-sensitive critical missions to bandwidth-intensive data…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Yue Zhong , Jiawen Kang , Yongju Tong , Hong-Ning Dai , Dong In Kim , Abbas Jamalipour , Shengli Xie

For multiple Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicles (UAVs) assisted Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) networks, we study the problem of combined computation and communication for user equipments deployed with multi-type tasks. Specifically, we consider that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-25 Bin Li , Rongrong Yang , Lei Liu , Junyi Wang , Ning Zhang , Mianxiong Dong

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) algorithms have proven effective in robot navigation, especially in unknown environments, by directly mapping perception inputs into robot control commands. However, most existing methods ignore the local…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Yu'an Chen , Ruosong Ye , Ziyang Tao , Hongjian Liu , Guangda Chen , Jie Peng , Jun Ma , Yu Zhang , Jianmin Ji , Yanyong Zhang

The proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in controlled airspace presents significant risks, including potential collisions, disruptions to air traffic, and security threats. Ensuring the safe and efficient operation of airspace,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Francisco Giral , Ignacio Gómez , Soledad Le Clainche

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly used to support time-critical medical supply delivery, providing rapid and flexible logistics during emergencies and resource shortages. However, effective deployment of UAV fleets requires…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Islam Guven , Mehmet Parlak

In the user-centric cell-free massive MIMO (UC-mMIMO) network scheme, user mobility necessitates updating the set of serving access points to maintain the user-centric clustering. Such updates are typically performed through handoff (HO)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Hussein A. Ammar , Raviraj Adve , Shahram Shahbazpanahi , Gary Boudreau , Israfil Bahceci

Air transportation is undergoing a rapid evolution globally with the introduction of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and with it comes novel challenges and opportunities for transforming aviation. As AAM operations introduce increasing…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Luis E. Alvarez , Marc W. Brittain , Steven D. Young

Dynamic line rating (DLR) is a methodology that requires timely monitoring data to determine the real-time ampacity of power lines. However, DLR monitoring devices (MD) are vulnerable to connectivity disruptions, leading to missing or…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-22 Yibin Xie , Jin Zhao , Indrakshi Dey , Nicola Marchetti

The Dynamic Task Assignment Problem (DTAP) concerns matching resources to tasks in real time while minimizing some objectives, like resource costs or task cycle time. In this work, we consider a DTAP variant where every task is a case…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Riccardo Lo Bianco , Willem van Jaarsveld , Jeroen Middelhuis , Luca Begnardi , Remco Dijkman

This paper proposes a novel centralized training and distributed execution (CTDE)-based multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (MADRL) method for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) control in autonomous mobile access applications.…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-04-19 Chanyoung Park , Haemin Lee , Won Joon Yun , Soyi Jung , Joongheon Kim

Safe flight in dynamic environments requires unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to make effective decisions when navigating cluttered spaces with moving obstacles. Traditional approaches often decompose decision-making into hierarchical…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Zhefan Xu , Xinming Han , Haoyu Shen , Hanyu Jin , Kenji Shimada

In ultra-dense unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks, it is challenging to coordinate the resource allocation and interference management among large-scale UAVs, for providing flexible and efficient service coverage to the ground users…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-22 Fei Song , Zhe Wang , Jun Li , Long Shi , Wen Chen , Shi Jin