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 …

Continuous maneuver control and data capture scheduling of autonomous drone in wireless sensor networks

K Li, W Ni, F Dressler - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thanks to flexible deployment and excellent maneuverability, autonomous drones are
regarded as an effective means to enable aerial data capture in large-scale wireless sensor …

Fairness-aware link optimization for space-terrestrial integrated networks: A reinforcement learning framework

AH Arani, P Hu, Y Zhu - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The integration of space and air components considering satellites and unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) into terrestrial networks in a space-terrestrial integrated network (STIN) has …

Path planning for the dynamic uav-aided wireless systems using monte carlo tree search

Y Qian, K Sheng, C Ma, J Li, M Ding… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For UAV-aided wireless systems, online path planning attracts much attention recently. To
better adapt to the real-time dynamic environment, for the first time, we propose a Monte …

Re-envisioning space-air-ground integrated networks: Reinforcement learning for link optimization

AH Arani, P Hu, Y Zhu - ICC 2021-IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To provide ubiquitous connectivity and achieve high reliability in the under-served and
under-connected areas, the integration of aerial and space communication infrastructures …

Reinforcement learning aided UAV base station location optimization for rate maximization

SP Gopi, M Magarini - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as base station (BS) is gaining
popularity. In this paper, we consider maximization of the overall data rate by intelligent …

Deep q-learning for two-hop communications of drone base stations

A Fotouhi, M Ding, M Hassan - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we address the application of the flying Drone Base Stations (DBS) in order to
improve the network performance. Given the high degrees of freedom of a DBS, it can …

Learning in the sky: Towards efficient 3D placement of UAVs

AH Arani, MM Azari, W Melek… - 2020 IEEE 31st …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as aerial base stations to support cellular
networks can deliver a fast and flexible solution for serving high and varying traffic demand …

UAV-assisted space-air-ground integrated networks: A technical review of recent learning algorithms

AH Arani, P Hu, Y Zhu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.14931, 2022 - arxiv.org
Recent technological advancements in space, air and ground components have made
possible a new network paradigm called" space-air-ground integrated network"(SAGIN) …

Ground-to-UAV communication network: Stochastic geometry-based performance analysis

Y Liu, HN Dai, M Imran, N Nasser - ICC 2021-IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we employ stochastic geometry to analyze ground-to-unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) communications. We consider multiple UAVs to provide user-equipments (UEs) with …