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We present a new framework based on quantization theory to design cellular networks optimized for both legacy ground users and uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) corridors, dedicated aerial highways for safe UAV flights. Our framework leverages…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-04 Saeed Karimi-Bidhendi , Giovanni Geraci , Hamid Jafarkhani

Variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) are leading strategies for using near-term quantum devices, with a well-studied bottleneck being their trainability. Standard expectation-value objectives with expressive circuits frequently encounter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-05 Yixian Qiu , Josep Lumbreras , Xiufan Li , Patrick Rebentrost

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

Communication-aware trajectory generation for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in urban environments requires simultaneous consideration of vehicle dynamics, wireless communication quality, obstacle avoidance, and onboard energy…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-26 Prateek Priyaranjan Pradhan , Ketan Rajawat , Mangal Kothari

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted multi-access edge computing (MEC) has become one promising solution for energy-constrained devices to meet the computation demand and the stringent delay requirement. In this work, we investigate a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-11-25 Nway Nway Ei , Madyan Alsenwi , Yan Kyaw Tun , Zhu Han , Choong Seon Hong

Physically motivated classical heuristic optimization algorithms such as simulated annealing (SA) treat the objective function as an energy landscape, and allow walkers to escape local minima. It has been argued that quantum properties such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-05 Aniruddha Bapat , Stephen Jordan

In this paper, we consider a UAV-enabled MEC platform that serves multiple mobile ground users with random movements and task arrivals. We aim to minimize the average weighted energy consumption of all users subject to the average UAV…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-20 Zheyuan Yang , Suzhi Bi , Ying-Jun Angela Zhang

Quantum entanglement is a key resource for quantum technologies, yet its efficient and high-fidelity generation remains a challenge due to the complexity of quantum dynamics. This paper presents a quantum optimal control framework to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-15 Nahid Binandeh Dehaghani , A. Pedro Aguiar , Rafal Wisniewski

Over the air computation (AirComp) is a promising technique that addresses big data collection and fast wireless data aggregation. However, in a network where wireless communication and AirComp coexist, mutual interference becomes a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-08 Xunqiang Lan , Xiao Tang , Ruonan Zhang , Bin Li , Yichen Wang , Dusit Niyato , Zhu Han

This article presents a robust control strategy using Time-Optimal Model Predictive Control (TOMPC) for a two-level quantum system subject to bounded uncertainties. In this method, the control field is optimized over a finite horizon using…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-13 Yunyan Lee , Ian R. Petersen , Daoyi Dong

Partitioning transportation networks into balanced and spatially coherent traffic zones is a fundamental yet computationally challenging task in intelligent transportation systems. The resulting optimization problem exhibits dense…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Ruimin Ke , Talha Azfar , Kaicong Huang , Shuyang Li

With the emergence of the Quantum Internet, the need for advanced quantum networking techniques has significantly risen. Various models of quantum repeaters have been presented, each delineating a unique strategy to ensure quantum…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-19 Zebo Yang , Ali Ghubaish , Raj Jain , Hassan Shapourian , Alireza Shabani

This letter aims to present a novel approach for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)' path planning with respect to certain quality of service requirements. More specifically, we study the max-min fairness problem in an air-to-ground…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-12-05 Amine Bejaoui , Ki-Hong Park , Mohamed Slim Alouini

We present a quantum averaging theory (QAT) for analytically modeling unitary gate dynamics in driven quantum systems beyond the rotating-wave approximation. QAT addresses the simultaneous presence of distinct timescales by generating a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-05 Kristian D. Barajas , Wesley C. Campbell

Intelligent edge network is maturing to enable smart and efficient transportation systems. In this letter, we consider unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted vehicular networks where UAVs provide caching and computing services in complement…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-05 Nan Hu , Xiaoqi Qin , Nan Ma , Yiming Liu , Yuanyuan Yao , Ping Zhang

The fifth generation (5G) cellular network technology is mature and increasingly utilized in many industrial and robotics applications, while an important functionality is the advanced Quality of Service (QoS) features. Despite the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-12 Gerasimos Damigos , Akshit Saradagi , Sara Sandberg , George Nikolakopoulos

In this work, we review quantum approaches to combinatorial optimization, with the aim of bridging theoretical developments and industrial relevance. We first survey the main families of quantum algorithms, including Quantum Annealing, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-20 Hala Hawashin , Deep Nath , Marco Alberto Javarone

Guaranteeing stringent data freshness for low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in shared spectrum forces a critical trade-off between two operational costs: the UAV's own energy consumption and the occupation of terrestrial channel…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-17 Bowen Li , Jiping Luo , Themistoklis Charalambous , Nikolaos Pappas

Quantum annealing approximately solves combinatorial optimization problems by leveraging the principles of adiabatic quantum systems. In this approach, the system's Hamiltonian evolves from an initial general state to a problem-specific…

This letter considers the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication systems in urban areas under the general Rician fading channel. A hybrid offline-online design is proposed to improve the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-30 Kaiyuan Tian , Bin Duo , Xiaojun Yuan , Wu Luo