Optimization of UAV wireless communication and sensing networks

Wireless networks of the future are envisioned to be highly heterogeneous. They will include flying nodes like UAVs as base stations, relays, and sensors. We will discuss the characteristics of the future wireless communication and sensor networks and present the role of UAVs. We will consider the deployment and trajectory optimization of these networks and adapt quantization theory to address the corresponding challenges. We will also discuss the optimization of the existing cellular networks for supporting legacy ground users and UAV corridors. We will argue that new network structures, like cell-free networks, are more suitable for many UAV networks. In addition to fundamental design challenges, we will present applications like wildfire prediction, tracking, and monitoring and discuss reinforcement learning as a solution.

Speaker: Hamid Jafarkhani, UC Irvine

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