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Maintaining the freshness of information in the Internet of Things (IoT) is a critical yet challenging problem. In this paper, we study cooperative data collection using multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with the objective of…

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are seen as a promising technology to perform a wide range of tasks in wireless communication networks. In this work, we consider the deployment of a group of UAVs to collect the data generated by IoT…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-16 Mouhamed Naby Ndiaye , El Houcine Bergou , Hajar El Hammouti

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are pivotal for future 6G non-terrestrial networks, yet their high mobility creates a complex coupled optimization problem for beamforming and trajectory design. Existing numerical methods suffer from…

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Efficient path planning for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is crucial in remote sensing and information collection. As task scales expand, the cooperative deployment of multiple UAVs significantly improves information collection…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-03-06 Zilin Zhao , Chishui Chen , Haotian Shi , Jiale Chen , Xuanlin Yue , Zhejian Yang , Yang Liu

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) capabilities are envisioned to play a pivotal role in future wireless networks due to their enhanced flexibility and efficiency. However, jointly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-22 Yu Bai , Yifan Zhang , Boxuan Xie , Zheng Chang , Yanru Zhang , Riku Jantti , Zhu Han

In disaster scenarios, establishing robust emergency communication networks is critical, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) offer a promising solution to rapidly restore connectivity. However, organizing UAVs to form multi-hop networks in…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-03-19 Yanggang Xu , Jirong Zha , Weijie Hong , Xiangmin Yi , Geng Chen , Jianfeng Zheng , Chen-Chun Hsia , Xinlei Chen

This paper addresses the challenge of decentralized task allocation within heterogeneous multi-agent systems operating under communication constraints. We introduce a novel framework that integrates graph neural networks (GNNs) with a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-21 Lavanya Ratnabala , Aleksey Fedoseev , Robinroy Peter , Dzmitry Tsetserukou

This paper investigates the problem of age of information (AoI) aware radio resource management for a platooning system. Multiple autonomous platoons exploit the cellular wireless vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communication technology to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-11 Mohammad Parvini , Mohammad Reza Javan , Nader Mokari , Bijan Abbasi , Eduard A. Jorswieck

This paper considers multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to assist sensing data transmissions from the ground users (GUs) to a remote base station (BS). Each UAV collects sensing data from the GUs and then forwards the sensing data to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Yusi Long , Songhan Zhao , Shimin Gong , Bo Gu , Dusit Niyato , Xuemin , Shen

Efficient network modeling is essential for resource optimization and network planning in next-generation large-scale complex networks. Traditional approaches, such as queuing theory-based modeling and packet-based simulators, can be…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Chetna Singhal , Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul

The rapid advancement of Internet of Things (IoT) services and the evolution toward the sixth generation (6G) have positioned unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as critical enablers of low-altitude wireless networks (LAWNs). This work…

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The proliferation of users, devices, and novel vehicular applications - propelled by advancements in autonomous systems and connected technologies - is precipitating an unprecedented surge in novel services. These emerging services require…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Mohammad Farhoudi , Hamidreza Mazandarani , Masoud Shokrnezhad , Tarik Taleb , Ignacio Lacalle

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 many emerging Internet of Things (IoT) applications, the freshness of the is an important design criterion. Age of Information (AoI) quantifies the freshness of the received information or status update. This work considers a setup of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-10 Eslam Eldeeb , Jean Michel de Souza Sant'Ana , Dian Echevarría Pérez , Mohammad Shehab , Nurul Huda Mahmood , Hirley Alves

A novel framework is proposed for quality of experience (QoE)-driven deployment and dynamic movement of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The problem of joint non-convex three-dimensional (3D) deployment and dynamic movement of the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-12 Xiao Liu , Yuanwei Liu , Yue Chen

We investigate the benefits of integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) elements to passively relay information sampled by Internet of Things devices (IoTDs) to the base station (BS). In…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-11 Moataz Samir , Mohamed Elhattab , Chadi Assi , Sanaa Sharafeddine , Ali Ghrayeb

Due to flexibility, autonomy and low operational cost, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as fixed aerial base stations, are increasingly being used as \textit{relays} to collect time-sensitive information (i.e., status updates) from IoT…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-09-28 Biplav Choudhury , Vijay K. Shah , Aidin Ferdowsi , Jeffrey H. Reed , Y. Thomas Hou

Augmenting wireless networks with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones, offers a promising avenue for providing reliable, cost-effective, and on-demand wireless services to desired areas. However, existing UAV…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-01-27 Aksh Garg

Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm networks (UAVSNs) can effectively execute surveillance, connectivity, and computing services to ground users (GUs). These missions require trajectory planning, UAV-GUs association, task…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-15 Muhammad Morshed Alam , Muhammad Yeasir Aarafat , Tamim Hossain

In this paper, we consider an aerial reconfigurable intelligent surface (ARIS)-assisted wireless network, where multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) collect data from ground users (GUs) by using the non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)…

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