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Cellular systems are vulnerable to jamming attacks, especially smart jammers that choose their jamming policies such as the jamming channel frequencies and power based on the ongoing communication policies and network states. In this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-24 Xiaozhen Lu , Liang Xiao , Canhuang Dai , Huaiyu Dai

Mounting a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) holds promise for improving traditional terrestrial network performance. Unlike conventional methods deploying passive RIS on UAVs, this study delves…

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems provide a new paradigm for reconfigurable and flexible wireless communications. To enable more energy efficient and spectrum efficient IRS assisted UAV…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-22 Yiheng Wang

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) finds extensive application in autonomous drone navigation within complex, high-risk environments. However, its practical deployment faces a safety-exploration dilemma: soft penalty mechanisms encourage…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Wentao Chen , Jingtang Chen , Mingjian Fu , Tiantian Li , Youfeng Su , Wenxi Liu , Yuanlong Yu

The Internet of Things (IoT) has significantly expanded the digital landscape, interconnecting an unprecedented array of devices, from home appliances to industrial equipment. This growth enhances functionality, e.g., automation, remote…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-25 Saeid Jamshidi , Amin Nikanjam , Kawser Wazed Nafi , Foutse Khomh , Rasoul Rasta

Recently, the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), benefited from the breakthrough on the fabrication of programmable meta-material, has been speculated as one of the key enabling technologies for the future six generation (6G)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-23 Chongwen Huang , Ronghong Mo , Chau Yuen

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

In this letter, we propose an energy-efficient design for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-mounted reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) communication system with nonlinear energy harvesting (EH) and UAV jitter. A joint optimization…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Mahmoud M. Salim , Khaled M. Rabie , Ali H. Muqaibel

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted aerial non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) offer a promising paradigm for enhancing wireless communications in the era of 6G and beyond. By integrating RIS with aerial platforms such as unmanned…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-30 Muhammad Umer , Muhammad Ahmed Mohsin , Aryan Kaushik , Qurrat-ul-Ain Nadeem , Ali Arshad Nasir , Syed Ali Hassan

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) enhance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)-assisted communication by extending coverage, improving efficiency, and enabling adaptive beamforming. This paper investigates a multiple-input single-output…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Mahmoud M. Salim , Khaled M. Rabie , Ali H. Muqaibel

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are integral in various sectors like agriculture, surveillance, and logistics, driven by advancements in 5G. However, existing research lacks a comprehensive approach addressing both data freshness and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-09 Poorvi Joshi , Alakesh Kalita , Mohan Gurusamy

Hybrid reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (HRIS) enhance wireless systems by combining passive reflection with active signal amplification. However, jointly optimizing the transmit beamforming with the HRIS reflection and amplification…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-13 Phuong Nam Tran , Nhan Thanh Nguyen , Markku Juntti

This study investigates the anti-jamming space-air-ground integrated network (SAGIN) scenario wherein a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is deployed on a fixed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to counteract malevolent jamming attacks.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-08 Leila Marandi , Khaled Humadi , Gunes Karabulut Kurt , Wessam Ajib , Wei-Ping Zhu

Harvesting data from distributed Internet of Things (IoT) devices with multiple autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a challenging problem requiring flexible path planning methods. We propose a multi-agent reinforcement learning…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-06-04 Harald Bayerlein , Mirco Theile , Marco Caccamo , David Gesbert

In this chapter, the regulation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) communication network is investigated in the presence of dynamic changes in the UAV lineup and user distribution. We target an optimal UAV control policy which is capable of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-26 Ran Zhang , Duc Minh , Nguyen , Miao Wang , Lin X. Cai , Xuemin , Shen

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technology to assist downlink information transmissions from a multi-antenna access point (AP) to a receiver. In this paper, we minimize the AP's transmit power by a joint optimization of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-26 Jiaye Lin , Yuze Zou , Xiaoru Dong , Shimin Gong , Dinh Thai Hoang , Dusit Niyato

Owing to the unique advantages of low cost and controllability, reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising candidate to address the blockage issue in millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems, consequently has captured…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-24 Yuqian Zhu , Zhu Bo , Ming Li , Yang Liu , Qian Liu , Zheng Chang , Yulin Hu

This paper investigates a deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based approach for managing channel access in wireless networks. Specifically, we consider a scenario in which an intelligent user device (iUD) shares a time-varying uplink…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-04 Abdul Basit , Muddasir Rahim , Georges Kaddoum , Tri Nhu Do , Nadir Adam

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has emerged as an efficient approach to resource allocation due to its strong capability in handling complex decision-making tasks. However, only limited research has explored the training of DRL models…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Aohan Li , Miyu Tsuzuki

This study considers multiple reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs)-aided multiuser downlink systems with the goal of jointly optimizing the transmitter precoding and RIS phase shift matrix to maximize spectrum efficiency. Unlike prior…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Po-Heng Chou , Bo-Ren Zheng , Wan-Jen Huang , Walid Saad , Yu Tsao , Ronald Y. Chang