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Unmanned Surface Vehicles technology (USVs) is an exciting topic that essentially deploys an algorithm to safely and efficiently performs a mission. Although reinforcement learning is a well-known approach to modeling such a task,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-03-24 Mohammad Etemad , Nader Zare , Mahtab Sarvmaili , Amilcar Soares , Bruno Brandoli Machado , Stan Matwin

Artificial intelligence (AI) assisted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aided next-generation networking is proposed for dynamic environments. In the AI-enabled UAV-aided wireless networks (UAWN), multiple UAVs are employed as aerial base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-03 Xiao Liu , Mingzhe Chen , Yuanwei Liu , Yue Chen , Shuguang Cui , Lajos Hanzo

This paper proposes a novel design on the wireless powered communication network (WPCN) in dynamic environments under the assistance of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Unlike the existing studies, where the low-power wireless…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-06-10 Ze Yu Zhao , Yue Ling Che , Sheng Luo , Gege Luo , Kaishun Wu , Victor C. M. Leung

Cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a promising technology to unlock the full potential of UAVs in the future. However, how to achieve ubiquitous three-dimensional (3D) communication coverage for the UAVs in the sky is a new…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-18 Yong Zeng , Xiaoli Xu , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

Federated learning (FL) is an effective paradigm for enhancing the learning capability of edge devices while preserving data privacy. In geographically dispersed FL systems, such as sensor networks in remote areas, unmanned aerial vehicles…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Shiqian Guo , Jianqing Liu , Beatriz Lorenzo

In different situations, like disaster communication and network connectivity for rural locations, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could indeed be utilized as airborne base stations to improve both the functionality and coverage of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Shahid Rasool , Irfan Ullah , Abid Ali , Ishtiaq Ahmad

The rapidly evolving communication landscape, with the advent of 6G technology, brings new challenges to the design and operation of wireless networks. One of the key concerns is the energy efficiency of the Radio Access Network (RAN), as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-04 Tailai Song , David Lopez , Michela Meo , Nicola Piovesan , Daniela Renga

While high altitude platform stations (HAPS) have been primarily explored as network infrastructure for communication services, their advantageous characteristics also make them promising candidates for augmenting GNSS localization. This…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-10 Hongzhao Zheng , Mohamed Atia , Halim Yanikomeroglu

A novel framework is proposed for cellular offloading with the aid of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), while the non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technique is employed at each UAV to further improve the spectrum efficiency of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-20 Ruikang Zhong , Xiao Liu , Yuanwei Liu , Yue Chen

Modern cellular networks are multi-cell and use universal frequency reuse to maximize spectral efficiency. This results in high inter-cell interference. This problem is growing as cellular networks become three-dimensional with the adoption…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-15 Mojtaba Vaezi , Xingqin Lin , Hongliang Zhang , Walid Saad , H. Vincent Poor

With growing popularity, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are pivotally extending conventional terrestrial Internet of Things (IoT) into the sky. To enable high-performance two-way communications of UAVs with their ground pilots/users,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-26 Jiangbin Lyu , Rui Zhang

Because of disaster, terrestrial base stations (TBS) would be partly crashed. Some user equipments (UE) would be unserved. Deploying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as aerial base stations is a method to cover UEs quickly. But existing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Shiye Zhao , Kaoru Ota , Mianxiong Dong

Unmanned Aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely used as network processors in mobile networks, but more recently, UAVs have been used in Mobile Edge Computing as mobile servers. However, there are significant challenges to use UAVs in complex…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-05-20 Huan Chang , Yicheng Chen , Baochang Zhang , David Doermann

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted sensor networks (UASNets), which play a crucial role in creating new opportunities, are experiencing significant growth in civil applications worldwide. UASNets improve disaster management through…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-18 Yousef Emami

This paper presents a comprehensive literature review on applications of deep reinforcement learning in communications and networking. Modern networks, e.g., Internet of Things (IoT) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) networks, become more…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-10-19 Nguyen Cong Luong , Dinh Thai Hoang , Shimin Gong , Dusit Niyato , Ping Wang , Ying-Chang Liang , Dong In Kim

Miniaturized autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gaining popularity due to their small size, enabling new tasks such as indoor navigation or people monitoring. Nonetheless, their size and simple electronics pose severe challenges…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-26 Matteo Risso , Francesco Daghero , Beatrice Alessandra Motetti , Daniele Jahier Pagliari , Enrico Macii , Massimo Poncino , Alessio Burrello

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been actively studied as moving cloudlets to provide application offloading opportunities and to enhance the security level of user equipments (UEs). In this correspondence, we propose a hybrid UAV-aided…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-17 Seonghoon Yoo , Seongah Jeong , Joonhyuk Kang

Recently unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have been widely deployed in various real-world scenarios such as disaster rescue and package delivery. Many of these working environments are unstructured with uncertain and dynamic obstacles. UAV…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-11 Yanze Liu , Xuhui Chen , Yanhai Du , Rui Liu

Despite the widespread deployment of terrestrial networks, providing reliable communication services to remote areas and maintaining connectivity during emergencies remains challenging. Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations offer…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Zifan Lang , Guixia Liu , Geng Sun , Jiahui Li , Jiacheng Wang , Weijie Yuan , Dusit Niyato , Dong In Kim

Autonomous navigation in partially observable environments requires agents to reason beyond immediate sensor input, exploit occlusion, and ensure safety while progressing toward a goal. These challenges arise in many robotics domains, from…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Mihir Chauhan , Damon Conover , Aniket Bera