Autonomous Guidance of an Aerial Drone for Maintaining an Effective Wireless Communication Link with a Moving Node Using an Intelligent Reflecting Surface

Mohsen Eskandari; Hailong Huang; Andrey V. Savkin; Wei Ni

doi:10.1109/ICCAE55086.2022.9762421

Autonomous Guidance of an Aerial Drone for Maintaining an Effective Wireless Communication Link with a Moving Node Using an Intelligent Reflecting Surface

Mohsen Eskandari, Hailong Huang, Andrey V. Savkin, Wei Ni

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

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Abstract

The excellent 3D mobility has made aerial drones (ADs) good candidates to improve the coverage of wireless communication networks. However, the effectiveness/efficiency of an AD (as an aerial active relay) is questionable for holding a continuous line-of-sight (LoS) link with a moving node (MN) in fifth-generation (5G) millimeter-wave (mmWave) wireless networks due to the signal propagations/blockage issues. Nevertheless, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) technology has been introduced as a useful and energy-efficient method to improve the spectrum efficiency of 5G networks. In this paper, an AD equipped with IRS is proposed and autonomously navigated to maintain a continuous wireless link with an MN. The MN can be a vehicle moving through a dense urban environment. Simulation results corroborate the effectiveness of the method.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 14th International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering, ICCAE 2022
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	195-199
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665483803
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCAE55086.2022.9762421
Publication status	Published - Mar 2022
Event	14th International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering, ICCAE 2022 - Virtual, Online, Australia Duration: 25 Mar 2022 → 27 Mar 2022

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Name	2022 14th International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering, ICCAE 2022

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Conference	14th International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering, ICCAE 2022
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Virtual, Online
Period	25/03/22 → 27/03/22

Keywords

aerial drone (AD)
automation
communication
guidance
intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)
intelligent robots

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science Applications
Hardware and Architecture
Control and Systems Engineering
Media Technology
Control and Optimization

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Eskandari, M., Huang, H., Savkin, A. V., & Ni, W. (2022). Autonomous Guidance of an Aerial Drone for Maintaining an Effective Wireless Communication Link with a Moving Node Using an Intelligent Reflecting Surface. In 2022 14th International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering, ICCAE 2022 (pp. 195-199). (2022 14th International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering, ICCAE 2022). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCAE55086.2022.9762421

Eskandari, Mohsen ; Huang, Hailong ; Savkin, Andrey V. et al. / Autonomous Guidance of an Aerial Drone for Maintaining an Effective Wireless Communication Link with a Moving Node Using an Intelligent Reflecting Surface. 2022 14th International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering, ICCAE 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. pp. 195-199 (2022 14th International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering, ICCAE 2022).

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Autonomous Guidance of an Aerial Drone for Maintaining an Effective Wireless Communication Link with a Moving Node Using an Intelligent Reflecting Surface. / Eskandari, Mohsen; Huang, Hailong; Savkin, Andrey V. et al.
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Eskandari M, Huang H, Savkin AV, Ni W. Autonomous Guidance of an Aerial Drone for Maintaining an Effective Wireless Communication Link with a Moving Node Using an Intelligent Reflecting Surface. In 2022 14th International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering, ICCAE 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2022. p. 195-199. (2022 14th International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering, ICCAE 2022). doi: 10.1109/ICCAE55086.2022.9762421

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