Design of Multi-UAV Cooperative Deep Semantic Autoencoders for Communication Networks
Xiaoling Han, Bin Lin, Nan Wu, Tony Q. S. Quek
原文摘要
Driven by the rapid development of the low-altitude economy, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) networks have become increasingly important for executing tasks such as search, rescue, and monitoring. However, under bandwidth-constrained scenarios, UAV networks still face significant challenges in task execution efficiency and intelligent processing capabilities. To address these issues, we propose Multi-UAV Cooperative Deep Semantic Autoencoders (MC-DSA) for communication networks. The architecture comprises one Task UAV (T-UAV) and multiple Support UAVs (S-UAVs), which jointly enhance communication efficiency and data-processing capability via semantic communication and cooperation. Specifically, we introduce a semantic matching and source selection mechanism, enabling the proposed MC-DSA to handle low-quality images while ensuring effective utilization of high-quality images. The T-UAV broadcasts a task query, and each S-UAV computes the semantic similarity between its local image and the query. Communication links are established only when the similarity exceeds a predefined threshold. The training algorithm optimizes network parameters through gradient descent, improving semantic feature extraction accuracy. The testing algorithm evaluates UAV collaboration efficiency and communication quality. Experimental results demonstrate that, compared with benchmarks, the proposed MC-DSA improves image semantic segmentation accuracy while maintaining task execution efficiency. As a result, it reduces redundant transmissions and offers an effective solution for multi-UAV communication networks.
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