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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are envisioned to complement the 5G communication infrastructure in future smart cities. Hot spots easily appear in road intersections, where effective communication among vehicles is challenging. UAVs may…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-22 Ming Zhu , Xiao-Yang Liu , Anwar Walid

In the current unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) for sensing services, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) transmit their sensory data to terrestrial mobile devices over the unlicensed spectrum. However, the interference from surrounding…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-13 F. Wu , H. Zhang , J. Wu , L. Song

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are emerging as key enablers for low-altitude wireless network (LAWN), particularly when terrestrial networks are unavailable. In such scenarios, the environmental topology is typically unknown; hence,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-29 Jihao Luo , Zesong Fei , Xinyi Wang , Le Zhao , Yuanhao Cui , Guangxu Zhu , Dusit Niyato

The recent development of connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies has spurred investigations to optimize dense urban traffic to maximize vehicle speed and throughput. This paper explores advisory autonomy, in which real-time…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Jung-Hoon Cho , Sirui Li , Jeongyun Kim , Cathy Wu

This paper presents a reinforcement learning (RL) based approach for path planning of cellular connected unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating beyond visual line of sight (BVLoS). The objective is to minimize travel distance while…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Mehran Behjati , Rosdiadee Nordin , Nor Fadzilah Abdullah

Due to limited resources and public safety concerns, deep reinforcement learning (RL) agents for many cyber-physical systems (e.g., autonomous vehicles) are first trained in simulators. However, when deployed in real world environments,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Gengyue Han , Yiheng Feng

The ability to transfer knowledge gained in previous tasks into new contexts is one of the most important mechanisms of human learning. Despite this, adapting autonomous behavior to be reused in partially similar settings is still an open…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-08-03 Shreyansh Daftry , J. Andrew Bagnell , Martial Hebert

Path planning and optimization for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)-assisted next-generation wireless networks is critical for mobility management and ensuring UAV safety and ubiquitous connectivity, especially in dense urban environments…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-04 Achilles Kiwanuka Machumilane , Alberto Gotta , Pietro Cassarà

In this paper, we study a joint detection, mapping and navigation problem for a single unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with a low complexity radar and flying in an unknown environment. The goal is to optimize its trajectory with the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-23 Anna Guerra , Francesco Guidi , Davide Dardari , Petar M. Djuric

Transfer Learning (TL) is an efficient machine learning paradigm that allows overcoming some of the hurdles that characterize the successful training of deep neural networks, ranging from long training times to the needs of large datasets.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-24 Matthia Sabatelli , Pierre Geurts

Next-generation wireless networks will rely on mmWave/sub-THz spectrum and extremely large antenna arrays (ELAAs). This will push their operation into the near field where far-field beam management degrades and beam training becomes more…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-18 Zijun Wang , Anjali Omer , Jacob Chakareski , Nicholas Mastronarde , Rui Zhang

The rapid growth of the low-altitude economy has driven the widespread adoption of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This growing deployment presents new challenges for UAV trajectory planning in complex urban environments. However, existing…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Yanwei Gong , Junchao Fan , Ruichen Zhang , Dusit Niyato , Yingying Yao , Xiaolin Chang

This work aims at unveiling the potential of Transfer Learning (TL) for developing a traffic flow forecasting model in scenarios of absent data. Knowledge transfer from high-quality predictive models becomes feasible under the TL paradigm,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-12 Eric L. Manibardo , Ibai Laña , Javier Del Ser

Path planning in dynamic environments is a fundamental challenge in intelligent transportation and robotics, where obstacles and conditions change over time, introducing uncertainty and requiring continuous adaptation. While existing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Jonas De Maeyer , Hossein Yarahmadi , Moharram Challenger

Path planning methods for autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are typically designed for one specific type of mission. This work presents a method for autonomous UAV path planning based on deep reinforcement learning (DRL) that can…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-07 Mirco Theile , Harald Bayerlein , Richard Nai , David Gesbert , Marco Caccamo

Aerial robots are increasingly being utilized for environmental monitoring and exploration. However, a key challenge is efficiently planning paths to maximize the information value of acquired data as an initially unknown environment is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-04 Julius Rückin , Liren Jin , Marija Popović

In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) related technology has expanded knowledge in the area, bringing to light new problems and challenges that require solutions. Furthermore, because the technology allows processes usually carried…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-12-08 Cristian Millán-Arias , Ruben Contreras , Francisco Cruz , Bruno Fernandes

Transfer learning (TL) leverages previously obtained knowledge to learn new tasks efficiently and has been used to train deep learning (DL) models with limited amount of data. When TL is applied to DL, pretrained (teacher) models are…

In this paper, a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) method is proposed to address the problem of UAV navigation in an unknown environment. However, DRL algorithms are limited by the data efficiency problem as they typically require a huge…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-08-07 Lei He , Nabil Aouf , James F. Whidborne , Bifeng Song

In the coming 6G era, Internet of Vehicles (IoV) has been evolving towards 6G-enabled IoV with super-high data rate, seamless networking coverage, and ubiquitous intelligence by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Transfer Learning (TL) has great…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-11 Minrui Xu , Dinh Thai Hoang , Jiawen Kang , Dusit Niyato , Qiang Yan , Dong In Kim