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Deep Reinforcement Learning for UAV Navigation Through Massive MIMO Technique.

Authors :
Huang, Hongji
Yang, Yuchun
Wang, Hong
Ding, Zhiguo
Sari, Hikmet
Adachi, Fumiyuki
Source :
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Jan2020, Vol. 69 Issue 1, p1117-1121. 5p.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) technique has been recognized as a promising solution in future wireless connectivity from the sky, and UAV navigation is one of the most significant open research problems, which has attracted wide interest in the research community. However, the current UAV navigation schemes are unable to capture the UAV motion and select the best UAV-ground links in real-time, and these weaknesses overwhelm the UAV navigation performance. To tackle these fundamental limitations, in this paper, we merge the state-of-the-art deep reinforcement learning with the UAV navigation through massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) technique. To be specific, we carefully design a deep Q-network (DQN) for optimizing the UAV navigation by selecting the optimal policy, and then we propose a learning mechanism for processing the DQN. The DQN is trained so that the agent is capable of making decisions based on the received signal strengths for navigating the UAVs with the aid of the powerful Q-learning. Simulation results are provided to corroborate the superiority of the proposed schemes in terms of the coverage and convergence compared with those of the other schemes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00189545
Volume :
69
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
141381454
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2019.2952549