Proactive optimization of transmission power and 3D trajectory in UAV-assisted relay systems with mobile ground users

In this paper, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-assisted relay communication system is studied, where a UAV is served as a flying relay to maintain a communication link between a mobile source node and a remote destination node. Specifically, an average outage probability minimization problem is formulated firstly, with the constraints on the transmission power of the source node, the maximum energy consumption budget, the transmission power, the speed and acceleration of the flying UAV relay. Next, the closed-form of outage probability is derived, under the hybrid line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight probability channel model. To deal with the formulated nonconvex optimization, a long-term proactive optimization mechanism is developed. In particular, firstly, an approximation for line-of-sight probability and a reformulation of the primal problem are given, respectively. Then, the reformulated problem is transformed into two subproblems: one is the transmission power optimization with given UAV’s trajectory and the other is the trajectory optimization with given transmission power allocation. Next, two subproblems are tackled via tailoring primal–dual subgradient method and successive convex approximation, respectively. Furthermore, a proactive optimization algorithm is proposed to jointly optimize the transmission power allocation and the three-dimensional trajectory. Finally, simulation results demonstrate the performance of the proposed algorithm under various parameter configurations.     

空时分组编码的无人机中继通信航迹规划方法

无人机(UAV)中继通信是实现远距离点对点无线通信的一种重要技术手段。为提高无人机中继通信系统链路传输的可靠性,提出基于空时分组编码的无人机放大转发中继通信传输方案,并基于双跳链路遍历容量最大化的准则给出了无人机最佳航迹规划方法,并进一步利用FM-EM算法给出了基于空时分组编码无人机中继通信系统的中断概率及遍历信道容量计算公式。计算机仿真表明:提出的方法显著优于传统的单发单收(SISO)无人机中继通信系统。     

Robust trajectory planning for UAV communication systems in the presence of jammers

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) has emerged as a promising novel application for the Sixth-Generation(6G) wireless communication by leveraging more favorable Line-of-Sight(Lo S)propagation. However, the jamming resistance by exploiting UAV’s mobility is a new challenge in the UAV-ground communication. This paper investigates the trajectory planning problem in an UAV communication system, where the UAV is operated by a Ground Control Unit(GCU)to perform certain tasks in the presence of multiple jamm...     

基于改进一致性算法的无人机编队控制

编队飞行是指多架无人机保持以一定队形进行飞行的状态,相比于单架飞机执行任务,无人机编队能够增加搜索面积,提高飞机飞行性能,增大完成任务成功率。编队控制是实现编队安全高效完成指定任务的前提。本文以一致性理论为基础,针对无人机运动模型的特点与实际飞行要求,对基本的一致性算法进行改进,提出了改进一致性无人机编队控制算法。首先利用纵向和横侧向解耦的自动驾驶仪模型给出了无人机的三自由度运动方程,根据机动性与飞行性能要求定义了各方向上的加速度、速度与角速度约束。基于一致性理论,将编队控制分为平面与纵向2个方向进行,在状态控制的基础上,利用各状态变量间的几何关系对无人机运动自由度进行转换,加入编队队形信息,设计了编队控制算法。为了使算法生成的指令信号满足约束条件,提出了"最小调整"约束条件处理策略。依据粒子群算法对各无人机的爬升加速度进行优化,以避免机间碰撞。仿真结果表明：提出的编队控制算法具备编队成形与变换功能,能够使无人机编队状态快速收敛到指定值,且保持指定队形,无人机飞行状态满足所有约束条件。     

第一视角飞行模式设计与无人机着陆试验研究

设计了一种第一视角飞行模式,同时观察图像与导航数据来控制无人机飞行并实现着陆.第一视角飞行是一种基于无人机上加装无线图像传输设备,在地面看屏幕操控无人机的操作模式.无人机操纵员通过观察前视探测器拍摄的图像和导航数据控制遥控器,地面控制站捕捉遥控器的输出信号并把该信号通过数据链传至机载飞控系统,从而实现对无人机的控制.该飞行模式的实现,提高了无人机飞行的机动性,突破了小型无人机只能在本场着陆的限制,使无人机可以在远离本场情况下安全着陆.     

基于零空间方法的四旋翼无人机避障与协同编队控制

针对四旋翼无人机在编队飞行执行任务时可能遭遇障碍物问题,考虑多无人机避障及机间避撞的需求,提出 1种基于零空间方法的四旋翼无人机避障与协同编队控制算法。首先,建立四旋翼无人机动力学模型,并建立虚拟控制量简化控制模型;其次,基于零空间方法进行避障与协同编队控制算法研究,将无人机任务执行分解为目标趋向任务、避障避撞任务和协同编队任务,并根据优先级进行任务融合得到期望速度;再次,基于 PID方法设计控制律;最后,通过仿真验证所提控制算法的有效性。所提方法可保证四旋翼无人机在编队飞行中遭遇障碍物时的飞行安全。     

基于多机协作的认知无人机网络能效联合优化

针对无人机（UAV）通信网络中频谱资源紧缺的问题,构建基于认知无线电的多无人机通信网络,通过多机协作频谱感知有效探索授权频谱。提出一种基于Bisection算法的迭代算法,通过联合优化感知时间和判决门限对构建的复杂非凸问题求解,显著提高了无人机次级认知网络的能量效率（EE）。分析了无人机飞行过程中能效的变化情况,仿真结果表明,存在最优感知时间使能效获得最大值,且判决门限的选择会影响该能效最优值;提出的高能效迭代算法具有较好收敛性,有效提高了认知无人机网络的能量利用率。     

无人机系统的卫星中继数据链

针对大中型无人机系统实现远程测控与信息传输的技术需求,在参考国外＂捕食者＂、＂全球鹰＂等先进无人机系统技术体制和实现方案的基础上,提出了利用商业或军用通信卫星作为空中中继平台,建立无人机卫星中继数据链,实现我国远程无人机系统的超视距遥控、遥测和侦察信息实时传输的解决方案,这对延伸无人机系统的作用距离、提高作战效能具有重要意义。文中分析了无人机系统卫星中继数据链的技术体制,提出了工程应用中的关键技术,对具体的工程实现具有一定的指导意义。     

Flight safety measurements of UAVs in congested airspace

Describing spatial safety status is crucial for high-density air traffic involving multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a complex environment. A probabilistic approach is proposed to measure safety situation in congested airspace. The occupancy distribution of the airspace is represented with conflict probability between spatial positions and UAV. The concept of a safety envelope related to flight performance and response time is presented first instead of the conventional fixed-size protected zones around aircraft. Consequently, the conflict probability is performance-dependent, and effects of various UAVs on safety can be distinguished. The uncer-tainty of a UAV future position is explicitly accounted for as Brownian motion. An analytic approximate algorithm for the conflict probability is developed to decrease the computational consumption. The relationship between safety and flight performance are discussed for different response times and prediction intervals. To illustrate the applications of the approach, an experi-ment of three UAVs in formation flight is performed. In addition, an example of trajectory planning is simulated for one UAV flying over airspace where five UAVs exist. The validation of the approach shows its potential in guaranteeing flight safety in highly dynamic environment.     

无人机空中冲突探测与避撞研究

近年来,无人机运输业迅猛发展,其飞行过程中的冲突探测与避撞问题成为亟需解决的关键问题。在无人机周围建立合理的三维空间模型,优化包括紧急避撞区域、一般避撞区域、监视及提前避撞区域的三级避撞区域系统,并利用ADS-B报文提供的无人机位置、速度等信息,基于无人机一般二维平面上的冲突探测与避撞算法,通过增加垂直方向上的冲突识别来改进冲突探测算法,对比调速、调向两种避让方案在各避撞区域的成功率。结果表明：改进算法能够在无人机数量大幅增加的情况下有效识别冲突无人机,同时采用先调速后调向的避让方案,使避撞成功率达到99.75%,为保障无人机的飞行安全提供有效策略。     

太阳能/氢能无人机总体设计与能源管理策略研究

针对小型低空长航时电动无人机需求,给出了太阳能/氢能混合能源动力系统集成方案和小型低空长航时无人机构型。针对典型任务剖面,综合考虑太阳能电池和氢燃料电池特性,提出了一种考虑全机重量能量耦合关系的总体设计方法和任务剖面驱动的能源管理策略;建立了能源系统模型,给出了能源控制流程,开发了能源管理仿真平台。以1.5 kg任务载荷为例,完成了无人机总体方案设计,仿真分析了各种能源特性对飞行结果的影响。结果表明:能源管理策略能够根据任务剖面的要求合理配置能源系统的功率,满足各阶段的功率需求;无人机在冬至日航时为21 h、夏至日可实现跨昼夜飞行;在能源系统重量相同情况下,该混合能源无人机的航时分别是纯锂电池无人机和燃料电池无人机的5.5倍和1.2倍。     

Optimization of beamforming and path planning for UAV-assisted wireless relay networks

Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles （UAVs） acting as relay platforms have attracted considerable attention due to the advantages of extending coverage and improving connectivity for long-range communications. Specifically, in the scenario where the access point （AP） is mobile, a UAV needs to find an efficient path to guarantee the connectivity of the relay link. Motivated by this fact, this paper proposes an optimal design for beamforming （BF） and UAV path planning. First of all, we study a dual-hop amplify-and-forward （AF） wireless relay network, in which a UAV is used as relay between a mobile AP and a fixed base station （BS）. In the network, both of the AP and the BS are equipped with multiple antennas, whereas the UAV has a single antenna. Then, we obtain the output signal~to-noise ratio （SNR） of the dual-hop relay network. Based on the criterion of maximizing the output SNR, we develop an optimal design to obtain the solution of the optimal BF weight vector and the UAV heading angle. Next, we derive the closed-form outage probability （OP） expression to investigate the performance of the dual-hop relay network conveniently. Finally, computer simulations show that the proposed approach can obtain nearly optimal flying path and OP performance, indicating the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. Furthermore, we find that increasing the antenna number at the BS or the maximal heading angle can significantly improve the performance of the considered relay network.     

多太阳能无人机覆盖路径优化方法

为解决传统电动无人机在覆盖作业时存在的续航时间短的问题,提出应用多架太阳能无人机进行覆盖作业。首先,在建立了应用于覆盖作业的太阳能无人机的能量模型的基础上,提出了能量流动效率这一指标来评价太阳能无人机在作业过程中对能量的利用率。其次,针对边界存在障碍物的凹多边形区域和内部含障碍物的多边形区域,以总作业完成时间最短为优化目标,提出基于无向图搜索方法的覆盖路径优化模型,定义约束方程限制无人机按照一定规则访问无向图中的节点,通过混合整数线性规划的方法求解每架无人机的最优飞行路径。再次,考虑无人机转弯时的姿态变化对能量流动效率的影响,将总作业完成时间最短和总能量流动效率最高同时作为优化目标,建立双目标优化方程,在首先以作业时间最短为优化目标进行求解的基础上,通过有限遍历的方式选择使能流效率和作业时间相对最优的覆盖飞行方向及飞行路径。大量仿真实验表明,所提的优化模型选取不同的优化目标,应用于不同形状的待覆盖区域,适用性广,在工程上应用范围广、可行性强。     

Ergodic sum rate for uplink NOMA transmission in satellite-aerial-ground integrated networks

The application of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) technology into satellite-aerial-ground integrated networks can meet the requirements of ultra-high rate and massive connectivity for the Sixth-Generation (6G) communication systems. We consider an uplink NOMA scenario for such a satellite-aerial-ground integrated network where multiple users communicate with satellite under the help of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as an aerial relay equipped with a phased array. Supposing that buffer-aided decode-and-forward protocol is adopted at the UAV relay, we first formulate an optimization problem to maximize Ergodic Sum Rate (ESR) of the considered system subject to individual power constraint and quality-of-service constraint of each user. Then, with known imperfect channel state information of each user, we propose a joint power allocation and robust Beam Forming (BF) iterative algorithm to maximize ESR for the user-to-UAV link. Besides, to take the advantages of Free-Space Optical (FSO) and millimeter Wave (mmWave) communications, we present a switch-based hybrid FSO/mmWave scheme and a robust BF algorithm for the UAV-to-satellite link to achieve higher rate. Moreover, a closed-form ESR expression is derived. Finally, the effectiveness and correctness of the proposed solutions are verified by numerical simulations, and the performance evaluation results show that the proposed solutions not only achieve performance enhancement and robustness, but also outperform the orthogonal multiple access significantly.     

应用极值搜索算法优化无人机近距离编队飞行

针对无人机近距离编队飞行问题，采用极值搜索算法．解决其中僚机所需动力最小化的控制问题。在近距离飞行编队中，充当僚机的无人机会受到前面长机产生的旋涡力的影响，旋涡力是两飞机间距离的函数，以僚机的俯仰角作为搜索目标，寻求两无人机问的最大旋涡力．使得僚机所消耗动力最小，从而构造出最优的飞行编队结构。通过仿真．验证了所设计的控制方法能够极大地节省僚机的能量。     

一种基于语义信息辅助的无人机视觉/惯性融合定位方法CSCD

视觉传感器在无人机室内定位中发挥着重要作用。传统基于特征点的视觉里程计算法通过底层亮度关系进行描述匹配,抗干扰能力不足,会出现匹配错误甚至失败的情况,导航系统的精度及鲁棒性有待提升。由于室内环境存在丰富的语义信息,提出了一种基于语义信息辅助的无人机视觉/惯性融合定位方法。首先,将室内语义信息进行因子建模,并与传统的视觉里程计方法进行融合;然后,基于惯性预积分方法,在因子图优化中添加惯性约束,以进一步提高无人机在动态复杂环境下的定位精度和鲁棒性;最后,通过无人机室内飞行试验对算法的定位精度进行了分析。试验结果表明,相较于传统的视觉里程计算法,该方法具有更高的精度和鲁棒性。     

带FDI算法的无人机组合导航姿态确定控制系统设计

无人机导航系统的作用是提供导航数据给飞控计算机作为制导和控制用,因为飞控计算机的性能在很大程度上依赖于导航数据,导航系统的某一个错误可能会导致整个无人机的失败,因此,导航系统应具有故障检测和隔离(FDI)算法,介绍了一种用于无人机导航的FDI和低成本的组合导航系统,硬件包括低成本商业用MEMSIMU、GPS接收器、磁力计和导航计算机,软件包括带FDI算法的卡尔曼滤波。     

非对称衰落信道下无人机中继传输方案及性能分析

 无人机(UAV)作为中继传输平台受到了国内外研究人员的广泛关注。本文研究了非对称衰落信道下的无人机中继传输系统,提出了输出信噪比最大化准则下的波束形成(BF)优化方案,并推导出系统中断概率、遍历容量和平均误符号率等无线通信系统主要性能指标的理论表达式。通过计算机仿真验证了本文提出的中继传输方案及性能分析的正确性,并定量分析了天线数量、信道参数以及功率分配对系统性能的影响,为无人机中继传输系统的设计及性能评估提供了参考和依据。     

高空长航时太阳能无人机总体设计要点分析

高空长航时（HALE）太阳能无人机（UAV）的基本工作原理与常规动力飞机相比有显著的区别,体现在飞机总体设计方法上有其独到之处,方案设计中还需要对一些关键技术细节进行认真权衡。阐述了高空长航时太阳能无人机总体设计中遵循的重量不变和能量平衡原则的机理,同时从太阳能无人机巡航平飞功率需求、布局形式选取、飞行剖面优化和临近空间使用环境影响等方面出发,研究了太阳能无人机总体设计中的若干注意事项,主要结论可用于高空长航时太阳能无人机总体设计和方案优化。     

一种基于多无人机的中继节点布置问题建模与优化方法

针对战场环境下急需在无法通信的节点间构建有效通信链路的情形,使用多无人机作为中继节点,建立了中继节点布置(RNP)问题模型。模型以中继链路有效和无人机安全为约束,以中继布置点位置及相应的无人机为输出,不但考虑了使用的中继无人机数量,还考虑了构建中继链路花费的时间。考虑到该问题是难以求解的混合整数多目标优化问题,同时在紧急应用情形下,要求求解算法快速有效,建立了一种多项式时间中继节点布置算法(PTRPA)。仿真实验验证了所提模型确实能够在更短的时间内完成有效中继链路构建;通过Monte-Carlo方法对比和分析不同因素对PTRPA算法、随机抽样算法、遗传算法求解该问题的结果性能和时间性能的影响,验证了PTRPA算法不但能够给出接近最优的解,且快速有效,满足战场决策需求。