Development of an Effective Relay Communication Technique for Multi-UAV Wireless Network

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel relay algorithm to optimize the communication throughput of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) mobile relay formations while considering the challenges posed by obstacle avoidance, channel complexity, high dynamics of UAVs, and real-time mission requirements. To tackle the non-convex nature of this problem, we develop the unscented Kalman filter and hybrid particle swarm optimization (UKF-HPSO) algorithm. Initially, real-time prediction of the source and destination of UAV positions is accomplished using the UKF. Subsequently, these predicted coordinates serve as inputs for achieving the optimal deployment of relay UAVs under the constraints imposed by HPSO. The superiority of the UKF-HPSO algorithm compared to baseline approaches is demonstrated through extensive simulations. System throughput is effectively optimized while maintaining real-time performance by our proposed algorithm, which addresses the unique challenges of UAV communication in dynamic environments.

Keywords

• Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
• relay communication
• real-time optimization