Reinforcement learning in the sky: A survey on enabling intelligence in ntn-based communications

T Naous, M Itani, M Awad, S Sharafeddine - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Non terrestrial networks (NTN) involving 'in the sky'objects such as low-earth orbit satellites,
high altitude platform systems (HAPs) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are expected …

Simultaneous navigation and radio mapping for cellular-connected UAV with deep reinforcement learning

Y Zeng, X Xu, S Jin, R Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a promising technology to unlock the
full potential of UAVs in the future by reusing the cellular base stations (BSs) to enable their …

Aerial base station placement: A tutorial introduction

PQ Viet, D Romero - IEEE Communications Magazine, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The deployment of aerial base stations (ABSs) mounted onboard unmanned aerial vehicles
is emerging as a promising technology to provide connectivity in areas where terrestrial …

Chase or wait: Dynamic UAV deployment to learn and catch time-varying user activities

Z Wang, L Duan - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology is a promising solution for rapidly providing
wireless communication services to ground users, where a UAV has limited service …

A transfer learning approach for UAV path design with connectivity outage constraint

G Fontanesi, A Zhu, M Arvaneh… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The connectivity-aware path design is crucial in the effective deployment of autonomous
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Recently, reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms have …

Cellular-connected UAV trajectory design with connectivity constraint: A deep reinforcement learning approach

Y Gao, L Xiao, F Wu, D Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication has attracted
increasingly attention recently. We consider a cellular-connected UAV carried with limited on …

Spatial Deep Learning for Site-Specific Movement Optimization of Aerial Base Stations

J Lyu, X Chen, J Zhang, L Fu - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be utilized as aerial base stations (ABSs) to provide
wireless connectivity for ground users (GUs) in various emergency scenarios. However, it is …

Machine learning methods for uav flocks management-a survey

R Azoulay, Y Haddad, S Reches - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been gaining momentum in
recent years owing to technological advances and a significant reduction in their cost. UAV …

Enhanced border surveillance through a hybrid swarm optimization algorithm

M Tariq, A Saadat, R Ahmad, Z Abaid… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Protecting borders from the illicit transfer of people, goods, and drones is essential for a
country's security and economic strength. Conventionally, most borders deploy manual …

Learning to Fly: A Distributed Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework for Software-Defined UAV Network Control

H Cheng, L Bertizzolo, S D'oro, J Buczek… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Control and performance optimization of wireless networks of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs) require scalable approaches that go beyond architectures based on centralized …