Integrated Radar-Aided Localization and QoS-Aware Communications for UAV-UGV Cooperative Systems

  • Xiangqian Xu
  • , Yingjing Qian
  • , Renmin Zhang
  • , Xi Yang

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Abstract

The complementaries between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) promise divers benefits for unmanned cooperation systems. With the assistance of a UAV, the UGVs can be deployed to the desired destinations when the communication infrastructures are not available such as post-disaster rescue and inspection tasks in depopulated area. Specifically, an UAV travels around UGVs in turns to send commands and collects information from UGVs. In this work, the millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication is integrated into the UAV-UGV cooperative system. We consider a joint radar-aided downlink transmission for the high-mobile cooperative systems. Furthermore, a solution is proposed for jointly designing the beamforming and power allocation using location information. We also derive the Cramér-Rae lower bound (CRLB) of the estimation problem. To guarantee the quality-of-service (QoS) of each UGV, we develop a QoS-aware power allocation algorithm using the difference-of-two-convex-function (D.C.) programming. Extensive computer simulations validate the effectiveness of our proposed location-aware beamforming communications in the UAV-UGV cooperative system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication13th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, WCSP 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665407854
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, WCSP 2021 - Virtual, Online, China
Duration: 20 Oct 202122 Oct 2021

Publication series

Name13th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, WCSP 2021

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, WCSP 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityVirtual, Online
Period20/10/2122/10/21

Keywords

  • D.C. Programming
  • Location-Aware Beamforming
  • Power Allocation
  • UAV-UGV Cooperative System

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