@inproceedings{a5e5fa98c1ce4e31ab9dd9ace43e29e7,
title = "On the Problem of Flying Robots Deployment to Improve Cellular User Experience",
abstract = "In this paper, we consider the problem of using flying robots to provide internet service to mobile users. Two important aspects are accounted in this context: the robot deployment problem and the relocation problem. Where to deploy the flying robots directly influences the user coverage and the quality of service, and the relocation problem looks for an efficient scheme to relocate the flying robots such that the total moving distance is minimized, with the aim of saving the previous energy resource preloaded on the flying robots. We formulate these two problems and show that the drone deployment problem is a NP-hard problem. Then, we propose a heuristic algorithm to address it. For the relocation problem, we formulate it as the conventional assignment problem and use a liner programming algorithm to solve it. We conduct extensive computer simulations to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.",
keywords = "Autonomous drones, Cellular networks, Content delivery, Flying robots, Quality of service, UAVs, User experience",
author = "Hailong Huang and Savkin, {Andrey V.} and Ming Ding and Kaafar, {Mohamed Ali} and Chao Huang",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Australian Research Council. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Technical Committee on Control Theory, Chinese Association of Automation.; 37th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2018 ; Conference date: 25-07-2018 Through 27-07-2018",
year = "2018",
month = oct,
day = "5",
doi = "10.23919/ChiCC.2018.8483791",
language = "English",
series = "Chinese Control Conference, CCC",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "6356--6359",
editor = "Xin Chen and Qianchuan Zhao",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 37th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2018",
address = "United States",
}