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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

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are now beginning to be deployed for enhancing the network performance and coverage in wireless communication. However, due to the limitation of their on-board power and flight time, it is challenging to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-08 Khoi Khac Nguyen , Trung Q. Duong , Tan Do-Duy , Holger Claussen , and Lajos Hanzo

Considering the user mobility and unpredictable mobile edge computing (MEC) environments, this paper studies the intelligent task offloading problem in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled MEC with the assistance of digital twin (DT). We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Bin Li , Yufeng Liu , Ling Tan , Heng Pan , Yan Zhang

Deep Q Network (DQN) has several limitations when applied in planning a path in environment with a number of dilemmas according to our experiment. The reward function may be hard to model, and successful experience transitions are difficult…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-26 Fei Zhang , Chaochen Gu , Feng Yang

Path Planning methods for autonomous control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms are on the rise because of all the advantages they bring. There are more and more scenarios where autonomous control of multiple UAVs is required. Most of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-08-28 Alejandro Puente-Castro , Daniel Rivero , Eurico Pedrosa , Artur Pereira , Nuno Lau , Enrique Fernandez-Blanco

While Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have gained significant traction across various fields, path planning in 3D environments remains a critical challenge, particularly under size, weight, and power (SWAP) constraints. Traditional modular…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Yufei Jiang , Yuanzhu Zhan , Harsh Vardhan Gupta , Chinmay Borde , Junyi Geng

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided mobile edge computing (MEC) framework is proposed, where several UAVs having different trajectories fly over the target area and support the user equipments (UEs) on the ground. We aim to jointly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-24 Liang Wang , Kezhi Wang , Cunhua Pan , Wei Xu , Nauman Aslam , Lajos Hanzo

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) serving as aerial base stations can be deployed to provide wireless connectivity to mobile users, such as vehicles. However, the density of vehicles on roads often varies spatially and temporally primarily…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Babatunji Omoniwa , Boris Galkin , Ivana Dusparic

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

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been emerging as an effective solution for IoT data collection networks thanks to their outstanding flexibility, mobility, and low operation costs. However, due to the limited energy and uncertainty from…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-22 Nam H. Chu , Dinh Thai Hoang , Diep N. Nguyen , Nguyen Van Huynh , Eryk Dutkiewicz

Data packet routing in aeronautical ad-hoc networks (AANETs) is challenging due to their high-dynamic topology. In this paper, we invoke deep reinforcement learning for routing in AANETs aiming at minimizing the end-to-end (E2E) delay.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-10-29 Dong Liu , Jingjing Cui , Jiankang Zhang , Chenyang Yang , Lajos Hanzo

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with mounted base stations are a promising technology for monitoring smart farms. They can provide communication and computation services to extensive agricultural regions. With the assistance of a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-10-10 Anne Catherine Nguyen , Turgay Pamuklu , Aisha Syed , W. Sean Kennedy , Melike Erol-Kantarci

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) assisted by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has been widely investigated as a promising system for future Internet-of-Things (IoT) networks. In this context, delay-sensitive tasks of IoT devices may either be…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-25 Maryam Farajzadeh Dehkordi , Bijan Jabbari

Integrating human expertise with machine learning is crucial for applications demanding high accuracy and safety, such as autonomous driving. This study introduces Interactive Double Deep Q-network (iDDQN), a Human-in-the-Loop (HITL)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Alkis Sygkounas , Ioannis Athanasiadis , Andreas Persson , Michael Felsberg , Amy Loutfi

In this paper, we propose a multi-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted integrated sensing, communication, and computation network. Specifically, the treble-functional UAVs are capable of offering communication and edge computing services…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Sicong Peng , Bin Li , Lei Liu , Zesong Fei , Dusit Niyato

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is one of the technological breakthroughs that supports a variety of services, including communications. UAV will play a critical role in enhancing the physical layer security of wireless networks. This…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-22 Aly Sabri Abdalla , Ali Behfarnia , Vuk Marojevic

This paper presents a deep Q-network (DQN)-based gain-scheduling framework for safety-critical quadcopter trajectory tracking. Instead of directly learning control inputs, the proposed approach selects from a finite set of pre-certified…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-04 Hossein Rastgoftar , Muhammad J. H. Zahed

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) emerges as a prime solution for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) trajectory planning, offering proficiency in navigating high-dimensional spaces, adaptability to dynamic environments, and making sequential…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-17 Chenrui Sun , Gianluca Fontanesi , Swarna Bindu Chetty , Xuanyu Liang , Berk Canberk , Hamed Ahmadi

This work presents an online learning-based control method for improved trajectory tracking of unmanned aerial vehicles using both deep learning and expert knowledge. The proposed method does not require the exact model of the system to be…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-05-28 Andriy Sarabakha , Erdal Kayacan

This paper presents a deep reinforcement learning solution for optimizing multi-UAV cell-association decisions and their moving velocity on a 3D aerial highway. The objective is to enhance transportation and communication performance,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Zijiang Yan , Wael Jaafar , Bassant Selim , Hina Tabassum