Joint trajectory and communication design for multi-UAV enabled wireless networks

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 2109-2121

  Wu, Qingqing ^a   Zeng, Yong ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Mobility control; Optimization; Throughput maximization; Trajectory design; UAV communications

Indexed keywords

CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; ITERATIVE METHODS; MANEUVERABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; POWER CONTROL; SCHEDULING; THROUGHPUT; TRAJECTORIES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CONVEX OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; CONVEX OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; DELAYS; MOBILITY CONTROL; NONCONVEX OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM; THROUGHPUT MAXIMIZATION; TRAJECTORY DESIGNS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM;

VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 85041185633     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2017.2789293     Document Type: Article

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