UAV-based emergency communications: An iterative two-stage multi-agent soft actor-critic approach for optimal association and dynamic deployment

Y Cao, Y Luo, H Yang, C Luo - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates future emergency wireless communication systems based on
multiple unmanned vehicles cooperative deployment. A terrestrial carrier vehicle with …

Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Autonomous Path Planning Algorithm Based on Whale-Inspired Deep Q-Network

W Wang, G Zhang, Q Da, D Lu, Y Zhao, S Li, D Lang - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
In emergency rescue missions, rescue teams can use UAVs and efficient path planning
strategies to provide flexible rescue services for trapped people, which can improve rescue …

Optimization of UAV 3D trajectory in a post-disaster area using dual energy-aware bandits

A Amrallah, EM Mohamed, GK Tran… - IEICE Communications …, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In a post-disaster area, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are considered one of the most
effective ways to provide emergency wireless communication services. In this letter, we …

Toward UAV-based communication: improving throughput by optimum trajectory and power allocation

S Nasrollahi, SM Mirrezaei - EURASIP journal on wireless …, 2022 - Springer
It is predicted that the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in communication systems
will be more extensive in future generations of wireless telecommunication networks, due to …

Three-dimensional Multi-UAV Trajectory Design for Cooperative Video Inspection and Uploading

Y Shao, X Xu - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) trajectory design for post-
disaster information collection via cooperative video inspection and information uploading …

Joint trajectory and velocity-time optimization for throughput maximization in energy-constrained UAV

N Gupta, S Agarwal, D Mishra - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we aim to study an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted Internet of Things
(IoT) communication system where a rotary-wing UAV travels from the initial to the final …

Reliable and Energy-efficient Communications via Collaborative Beamforming for UAV Networks

X Zheng, G Sun, J Li, S Liang, Q Wu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been demonstrated to be a prominent component
for wireless communications. In this work, we consider an emergency communication …

Managing sets of flying base stations using energy efficient 3D trajectory planning in cellular networks

MJ Sobouti, AH Mohajerzadeh, SAH Seno… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in cellular networks have garnered considerable interest.
One of their applications is as flying base stations (FBSs), which can increase coverage and …

UAV-Assisted Fair Communication for Mobile Networks: A Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

Y Zhou, Z Jin, H Shi, Z Wang, N Lu, F Liu - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can be employed as low-altitude aerial base stations
(UAV-BSs) to provide communication services for ground users (GUs). However, most …

Learning-based cooperative aerial and ground vehicle routing for emergency communications

Y Zhu, S Wang - GLOBECOM 2022-2022 IEEE Global …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted communications has emerged as a promising
technology in many domains, such as disaster relief and emergency scenarios. However …