Deep Reinforcement Learning for Persistent Cruise Control in UAV-aided Data Collection

Autonomous UAV cruising is gaining attention dueto its flexible deployment in remote sensing, surveillance, andreconnaissance. A critical challenge in data collection with theautonomous UAV is the buffer overflows at the ground sensorsand packet loss due to lossy airborne channels. Trajectoryplannin...

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Autor principal: Kurunathan, John Harrison (author)
Outros Autores: Li, Kai (author), Ni, Wei (author), Tovar, Eduardo (author), Dressler, Falko (author)
Formato: conferenceObject
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2021
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/18804
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/18804
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Resumo:Autonomous UAV cruising is gaining attention dueto its flexible deployment in remote sensing, surveillance, andreconnaissance. A critical challenge in data collection with theautonomous UAV is the buffer overflows at the ground sensorsand packet loss due to lossy airborne channels. Trajectoryplanning of the UAV is vital to alleviate buffer overflows as wellas channel fading. In this work, we propose a Deep DeterministicPolicy Gradient based Cruise Control (DDPG-CC) to reducethe overall packet loss through online training of headings andcruise velocity of the UAV, as well as the selection of the groundsensors for data collection. Preliminary performance evaluationdemonstrates that DDPG-CC reduces the packet loss rate byunder 5% when sufficient training is provided to the UAV.