Autonomous control system with passive positioning for unmanned-aerial-vehicle-assisted edge communication in 6G

• Main Authors: Hu, Yue, Jiang, Yunzhe, Liu, Yinqiu, He, Xiaoming
• Other Authors: School of Computer Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Computer and Information Science; Autonomous control system; Passive positioning
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174006
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

UAVs can be deployed in many scenarios to provide various types of services via 6G edge communication. In these scenarios, it is necessary to obtain the position of the UAVs in a timely and accurate manner to avoid UAV collisions. In this paper, we consider improved passive localization algorithms aimed at reducing convergence time and adapting to extreme conditions. For the sake of reducing the complexity of signals and ensuring the reliability of receiving processes, we reconsidered the angle between arrival signals as the feature in positioning. Then, according to the characteristics of the positioning process, we draw on the cyclical process of the iterative greedy algorithm to construct the coding, destruction, and reorganization process to guide the movement of the UAV. Moreover, an improved Metropolis criterion is added to prevent falling into the local optimal solution. Finally, the proposed algorithm is verified in the simulation results. The results show that the algorithm can achieve precise positioning and excellent track planning within a small number of iterations, and it reduces the amount of information carried by the signal and convergence time compared with the traditional method.