Sensing and Communication Tradeoff Design for AoI Minimization in a Cellular Internet of UAVs

Shuhang Zhang, Hongliang Zhang, Lingyang Song, Zhu Han, H. Vincent Poor

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Abstract

In this paper, we consider the cellular Internet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), where UAVs sense data for multiple tasks and transmit the data to the base station (BS). To quantify the 'freshness' of the data at the BS, we bring in the concept of the age of information (AoI). The AoI is determined by the time for UAV sensing and that for UAV transmission, and gives rise to a trade-off within a given period. To minimize the AoI, we formulate a joint sensing time, transmission time, UAV trajectory, and task scheduling optimization problem. To solve this problem, we first propose an iterative algorithm to optimize the sensing time, transmission time, and UAV trajectory for completing a specific task. Afterwards, we design the order in which the UAV performs data updates for multiple sensing tasks. The convergence and complexity of the proposed algorithm, together with the trade-off between UAV sensing and UAV transmission, are analyzed. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of our proposed algorithm.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2020 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728150895
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2020 - Dublin, Ireland
Duration: Jun 7 2020Jun 11 2020

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Communications
Volume2020-June
ISSN (Print)1550-3607

Conference

Conference2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2020
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityDublin
Period6/7/206/11/20

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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