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This paper presents the design and evaluation of SQP, a congestion control algorithm (CCA) for interactive video streaming applications that need to stream high-bitrate compressed video with very low end-to-end frame delay (eg. AR…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Devdeep Ray , Connor Smith , Teng Wei , David Chu , Srinivasan Seshan

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

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Ruikang Zhong , Xiao Liu , Yuanwei Liu , Yue Chen

In this paper, the trajectory optimization problem for a multi-aerial base station (ABS) communication network is investigated. The objective is to find the trajectory of the ABSs so that the sum-rate of the users served by each ABS is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-02 Behzad Khamidehi , Elvino S. Sousa

To overcome the limited on-board battery issue of nominal airborne base stations (ABSs), we are exploring the use of robotic airborne base station (RABS) with energy neutral grasping end-effectors that are able to autonomously perch at tall…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-01-20 Yuan Liao , Vasilis Friderikos

In this paper, power allocation is examined for the coexistence of a radar and a communication system that employ multicarrier waveforms. We propose two designs for the considered spectrum sharing problem by maximizing the output…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-07 Fangzhou Wang , Hongbin Li

We consider the problem of controlling a large fleet of drones to deliver packages simultaneously across broad urban areas. To conserve energy, drones hop between public transit vehicles (e.g., buses and trams). We design a comprehensive…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-06 Shushman Choudhury , Kiril Solovey , Mykel J. Kochenderfer , Marco Pavone

We develop a Sequential Quadratic Optimization (SQP) algorithm for minimizing a stochastic objective function subject to deterministic equality constraints. The method utilizes two different stepsizes, one which exclusively scales the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-30 Michael J. O'Neill

Recently various optimization problems, such as Mixed Integer Linear Programming Problems (MILPs), have undergone comprehensive investigation, leveraging the capabilities of machine learning. This work focuses on learning-based solutions…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Zhentao Tan , Yadong Mu

Unlike aerial base station enabled by a single unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), aerial coordinated multiple points (CoMP) can be enabled by a UAV swarm. In this case, the management of multiple UAVs is important. This paper considers the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-08-20 Xuanxuan Wang , Wei Feng , Yunfei Chen , Ning Ge

Unbalance issues in low-voltage distribution networks (LVDN) can be worsened by increasing penetration of residential PV generation if unevenly distributed among three phases. To address this issue, the phase-switching device (PSD) provides…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-15 Bin Liu , Frederik Geth , Nariman Mahdavi , Jiangxia Zhong

Soldiers in the field often need to cross negative obstacles, such as rivers or canyons, to reach goals or safety. Military gap crossing involves on-site temporary bridges construction. However, this procedure is conducted with dangerous,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-21 Kevin Murphy , Joao C. V. Soares , Justin K. Yim , Dustin Nottage , Ahmet Soylemezoglu , Joao Ramos

For the problem of delivering a package from a source node to a destination node in a graph using a set of drones, we study the setting where the movements of each drone are restricted to a certain subgraph of the given graph. We consider…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Thomas Erlebach , Kelin Luo , Frits C. R. Spieksma

This paper presents a real-time trajectory planning scheme for a heterogeneous multi-robot system (consisting of a quadrotor and a ground mobile robot) for a cooperative landing task, where the landing position, landing time, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Jingshan Chen , Lihan Xu , Henrik Ebel , Peter Eberhard

Different from traditional static small cells, Drone Base Stations (DBSs) exhibit their own advantages, i.e., faster and cheaper to deploy, more flexibly reconfigured, and likely to have better communications channels owing to the presence…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-10-04 Xiang Sun , Nirwan Ansari

In this paper, we tackle the problem of trajectory planning and control of a vehicle under locally varying traction limitations, in the presence of suddenly appearing obstacles. We employ concepts from adaptive model predictive control for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-12-11 Lars Svensson , Monimoy Bujarbaruah , Nitin Kapania , Martin Törngren

Multi-task learning (MTL) is a widely explored paradigm that enables the simultaneous learning of multiple tasks using a single model. Despite numerous solutions, the key issues of optimization conflict and task imbalance remain…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-07 Zhipeng Zhou , Ziqiao Meng , Pengcheng Wu , Peilin Zhao , Chunyan Miao

Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly deployed in complex networked environments, yet the joint optimization of multi-UAV motion control and connectivity remains a fundamental challenge. In this paper, we study a multi-UAV system…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Zijiang Yan , Hao Zhou , Wael Jaafar , Jianhua Pei , Ping Wang , Halim Yanikomeroglu , Hina Tabassum

A reliable communication network is essential for multiple UAVs operating within obstacle-cluttered environments, where limited communication due to obstructions often occurs. A common solution is to deploy intermediate UAVs to relay…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Yuda Chen , Shuaikang Wang , Jie Li , Meng Guo

With the development of wireless communication, higher requirements arise for train-ground wireless communications in high-speed railway (HSR) scenarios. The millimeter-wave (mm-wave) frequency band with rich spectrum resources can provide…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-29 Xiangfei Zhang , Yong Niu , Shiwen Mao , Yunlong Cai , Ruisi He , Bo Ai , Zhangdui Zhong , Yiru Liu

As Urban air mobility scales, commercial drone fleets offer a compelling, yet underexplored opportunity to function as mobile sensor networks for real-time urban traffic monitoring. In this paper, we propose a decentralized framework that…

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