English
Related papers

Related papers: Multi UAV-enabled Distributed Sensing: Cooperation…

200 papers

The use of multi-rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for search and rescue as well as remote sensing is rapidly increasing. Multi-rotor UAVs, however, have limited endurance. The range of UAV applications can be widened if teams of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-12 Xiaolong Zhu , Fernando Vanegas , Felipe Gonzalez , Conrad Sanderson

With the rapid growth of the low-altitude economy, UAVs have become crucial for measurement and tracking in patrol systems. However, in GNSS-denied areas, satellite-based localization methods are prone to failure. This paper presents a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-05 Tao Liu , Kan Ren , Qian Chen

The use of supervised learning with various sensing techniques such as audio, visual imaging, thermal sensing, RADAR, and radio frequency (RF) have been widely applied in the detection of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in an environment.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-15 Olusiji O Medaiyese , Martins Ezuma , Adrian P Lauf , Ismail Guvenc

This paper presents a real-time control system for surface inspection using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The UAVs are coordinated in a specific formation to collect data of the inspecting objects. The communication platform for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-07-09 Van Truong Hoang , Manh Duong Phung , Tran Hiep Dinh , Quang P. Ha

The unique cost, flexibility, speed, and efficiency of modern UAVs make them an attractive choice in many applications in contemporary society. This, however, causes an ever-increasing number of reported malicious or accidental incidents,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Nikos Sakellariou , Antonios Lalas , Konstantinos Votis , Dimitrios Tzovaras

In this work, performance of a multi-antenna multiuser unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted terrestrial-satellite communication system over mixed free space optics (FSO)/ radio frequency (RF) channels is analyzed. Downlink transmission…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-14 Praveen Kumar Singya , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Due to the high mobility and easy deployment, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have attracted much attention in the field of wireless communication and positioning. To meet the challenges of lack of infrastructure coverage, uncertain sensor…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-15 Mingyue Zhu , Zhiqing Wei , Chen Qiu , Wangjun Jiang , Huici Wu , Zhiying Feng

This paper presents a novel approach for localising a GPS (Global Positioning System)-denied Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with the aid of a GPS-equipped UAV in three-dimensional space. The GPS-equipped UAV makes discrete-time broadcasts of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-24 James Russell , Mengbin Ye , Brian D. O. Anderson , Hatem Hmam , Peter Sarunic

We consider the problem of accurately localizing $N$ unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in 3D space where the UAVs are part of a swarm and communicate with each other through orthogonal time-frequency space (OTFS) modulated signals. The OTFS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Alessandro Nordio , Carla Fabiana Chiasserini , Emanuele Viterbo

This paper presents an experimental measurement platform for the research and development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) localization algorithms using radio emission and reflectivity. We propose a cost-effective, flexible testbed made…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-02 Julia Beuster , Carsten Andrich , Michael Döbereiner , Steffen Schieler , Maximilian Engelhardt , Christian Schneider , Reiner Thomä

Unmanned aerial vehicle object detection (UAV-OD) has been widely used in various scenarios. However, most existing UAV-OD algorithms rely on manually designed components, which require extensive tuning. End-to-end models that do not depend…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Huaxiang Zhang , Kai Liu , Zhongxue Gan , Guo-Niu Zhu

This study introduces a novel non-coherent over-the-air computation (OAC) scheme aimed at achieving reliable majority vote (MV) calculations in fading channels. The proposed approach relies on modulating the amplitude of the elements of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-15 Alphan Sahin , Xiaofeng Wang

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have attracted plenty of attention due to their high flexibility and enhanced communication ability. However, the limited coverage and energy of UAVs make it difficult to provide timely wireless service for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-18 Rui Wang , Kaitao Meng , Deshi Li

This work investigates a collaborative sensing and data collection system in which multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) sense an area of interest and transmit images to a cloud server (CS) for processing. To accelerate the completion of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-05 Eunhyuk Park , Junbeom Kim , Seok-Hwan Park , Osvaldo Simeone , Shlomo Shamai

To meet the requirements for managing unauthorized UAVs in the low-altitude economy, a multi-modal UAV trajectory prediction method based on the fusion of LiDAR and millimeter-wave radar information is proposed. A deep fusion network for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Yuan Gao , Xinyu Guo , Wenjing Xie , Zifan Wang , Hongwen Yu , Gongyang Li , Shugong Xu

Angle of arrival (AOA) is widely used to locate a wireless signal emitter in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) localization. Compared with received signal strength (RSS) and time of arrival (TOA), it has higher accuracy and is not sensitive to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-17 Baihua Shi , Yifan Li , Guilu Wu , Shihao Yan , Feng Shu

To enhance both the sensing and covert communication performance, a dual-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided scheme is proposed for integrated sensing and communication networks, in which one UAV maneuvers as the aerial dual-functional…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Jingke Sun , Liang Yang , Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , Hongwu Liu

Uplink sensing is still a relatively unexplored scenario in integrated sensing and communication which can be used to improve positioning and sensing estimates. We introduce a pilot-based maximum likelihood, and a maximum a posteriori…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-13 Enrique T. R. Pinto , Markku Juntti

UAV swarms can form virtual antenna arrays to exploit additional spatial degrees of freedom and enhance integrated sensing and communication (ISAC). The optimization of UAV positions is challenging due to the distributed nature of swarms…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-06 Zhiyuan Zhai , Wei Ni , Xin Wang , Dusit Niyato , Ekram Hossain

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) hold immense potential for critical applications, such as search and rescue operations, where accurate perception of indoor environments is paramount. However, the concurrent amalgamation of localization, 3D…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Thanh Nguyen Canh , Van-Truong Nguyen , Xiem HoangVan , Armagan Elibol , Nak Young Chong