{"title":"A Multi-UAV Network Formation Scheme via Integrated Localization and Motion Planning","authors":"Kai Ma;Hanying Zhao;Jian Wang;Yu Wang;Yuan Shen","doi":"10.1109/TNSE.2025.3534623","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"High-accuracy localization and formation are essential for multi-UAV networks to perform cooperative tasks. However, the joint design of localization and motion planning is challenging due to complex information coupling effects, which leads to a loss of formation accuracy. In this paper, we establish an integrated localization and motion planning scheme for multi-UAV networks. First, we derive bounds for the relative formation error, which reveals how measurement and motion noises affect the formation accuracy. Then, we propose a bidirectional process framework to enhance the formation accuracy. The forward process presents a near-optimal motion planning algorithm that leverages the equivalence relation of relative formations to mitigate the impact of localization uncertainties. The backward process addresses bandwidth allocation and UAV activation to maximize formation accuracy. Numerical results verify the gains of the proposed integrated scheme in formation accuracy.","PeriodicalId":54229,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering","volume":"12 3","pages":"1552-1566"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering","FirstCategoryId":"94","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10854893/","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
A Multi-UAV Network Formation Scheme via Integrated Localization and Motion Planning
High-accuracy localization and formation are essential for multi-UAV networks to perform cooperative tasks. However, the joint design of localization and motion planning is challenging due to complex information coupling effects, which leads to a loss of formation accuracy. In this paper, we establish an integrated localization and motion planning scheme for multi-UAV networks. First, we derive bounds for the relative formation error, which reveals how measurement and motion noises affect the formation accuracy. Then, we propose a bidirectional process framework to enhance the formation accuracy. The forward process presents a near-optimal motion planning algorithm that leverages the equivalence relation of relative formations to mitigate the impact of localization uncertainties. The backward process addresses bandwidth allocation and UAV activation to maximize formation accuracy. Numerical results verify the gains of the proposed integrated scheme in formation accuracy.
期刊介绍:
The proposed journal, called the IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE), is committed to timely publishing of peer-reviewed technical articles that deal with the theory and applications of network science and the interconnections among the elements in a system that form a network. In particular, the IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering publishes articles on understanding, prediction, and control of structures and behaviors of networks at the fundamental level. The types of networks covered include physical or engineered networks, information networks, biological networks, semantic networks, economic networks, social networks, and ecological networks. Aimed at discovering common principles that govern network structures, network functionalities and behaviors of networks, the journal seeks articles on understanding, prediction, and control of structures and behaviors of networks. Another trans-disciplinary focus of the IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering is the interactions between and co-evolution of different genres of networks.