Efficient 3D placement of a UAV using particle swarm optimization

Hazim Shakhatreh, Abdallah Khreishah, Ayoub Alsarhan, Issa Khalil, Ahmad Sawalmeh, Noor Shamsiah Othman

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Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be used as aerial wireless base stations when cellular networks go down. Prior studies on UAV-based wireless coverage typically consider an Air-To-Ground path loss model, which assumes that the users are outdoor and they are located on a 2D plane. In this paper, we propose using a single UAV to provide wireless coverage for indoor users inside a high-rise building under disaster situations (such as earthquakes or floods), when cellular networks are down. We assume that the locations of indoor users are uniformly distributed in each floor and we propose a particle swarm optimization algorithm to find an efficient 3D placement of a UAV that minimizes the total transmit power required to cover the indoor users.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2017 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems, ICICS 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages258-263
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781509042432
DOIs
StatePublished - May 8 2017
Event8th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems, ICICS 2017 - Irbid, Jordan
Duration: Apr 4 2017Apr 6 2017

Publication series

Name2017 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems, ICICS 2017

Other

Other8th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems, ICICS 2017
Country/TerritoryJordan
CityIrbid
Period4/4/174/6/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Information Systems
  • Health Informatics

Keywords

  • Outdoor-To-Indoor path loss model
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles
  • particle swarm optimization

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