Journal of Xidian University ›› 2023, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (3): 61-74.doi: 10.19665/j.issn1001-2400.2023.03.006

• Special Issue on 6G Key Technologies for IT3.0 Based on the Integration of Communication,Sensing and Computing • Previous Articles     Next Articles

UAVs trajectory planning and power allocation based on the convergence of communication,sensing and computing

WU Yihao1,2(),QI Yanli1,2(),ZHOU Yiqing1,2,3(),CAI Qing1,2(),LIU Ling1,2(),SHI Jinglin1,2,3()   

  1. 1. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
    2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Mobile Computing and Pervasive Device,Institute of Computing Technology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100190,China
    3. State Key Lab of Processors,Institute of Computing Technology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100190,China
  • Received:2022-12-16 Online:2023-06-20 Published:2023-10-13
  • Contact: Yanli QI E-mail:wuyihao22z@ict.ac.cn;qiyanli@ict.ac.cn;zhouyiqing@ict.ac.cn;caiqing19s@ict.ac.cn;liuling@ict.ac.cn;sjl@ict.ac.cn

Abstract:

Regional natural disasters often cause damage to ground-based communication facilities,and UAVs networks can act as aerial base stations to restore communications.Existing research has focused on how to provide efficient communication services to rescuers in static scenarios with a limited UAV spectrum and battery capacity.However,the location movement and service changes of communication rescuers in real scenarios lead to the failure of static schemes.To solve this problem,this paper proposes a collaborative UAVs scheduling algorithm through the convergence of communication,sensing and computing.First,we perform sensing the environmental information,i.e.,the rescuers' historical location information and service demand,in real-time to realize the prediction of the rescuers' future location and service demand and provide a priori information for the scheduling of UAVs.Second,an improved k-sums algorithm is proposed to deploy the UAVs' location concerning the UAV load constraint to achieve UAVs' load balancing.Furthermore,a reinforcement learning algorithm is used to optimize the UAVs' transmit power to ensure rescuers' communication service quality under a limited bandwidth.Compared to static scenarios where rescuer-UAV associations are established based on signal-to-noise ratios,the proposed UAV scheduling algorithm through the convergence of communication,sensing and computing in this paper can effectively improve network utility (network communication benefits minus communication costs) by 20%.The algorithm provides a guaranteed business experience for rescuers in emergency disaster relief scenarios.

Key words: convergence of communication, sensing and computing, unmanned aerial vehicles, emergency communications, reinforcement learning

CLC Number: 

  • TN929.5