This paper addresses the issue of network disconnection in UAV networks caused by the departure of multiple drones due to energy depletion or damage during flight. We propose an energy-constrained topology recovery algorithm based on Graph Convolutional Networks (GCN). A network topology connectivity model is developed, incorporating an energy constraint module, with the optimization objectives of rapid self-healing and minimized energy consumption. Introducing a novel weighted loss function to balance the trade-off between minimizing energy consumption and movement distance. In the event of a network disconnection, the remaining energy, and link connectivity information of the operational UAVs are encoded into a Laplacian matrix, which is then fed into the GCN model as the input. The model is trained using gradient descent, resulting in a UAV flight strategy for topology recovery. Simulation results demonstrate that, compared to the currently known methods, the proposed approach reduces self-healing time by 41.2%, overall network communication time by 13.3%, and improves the self-healing rate by 27%. Furthermore, the proposed method achieves effective energy control while maintaining high network stability and persistence.

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Energy-Constrained UAV Network Topology Recovery Based on Graph Convolutional Networks

  • Huijiao Wang,
  • Zhuoyang Cai,
  • Chuanyu Liao,
  • Biao Li

摘要

This paper addresses the issue of network disconnection in UAV networks caused by the departure of multiple drones due to energy depletion or damage during flight. We propose an energy-constrained topology recovery algorithm based on Graph Convolutional Networks (GCN). A network topology connectivity model is developed, incorporating an energy constraint module, with the optimization objectives of rapid self-healing and minimized energy consumption. Introducing a novel weighted loss function to balance the trade-off between minimizing energy consumption and movement distance. In the event of a network disconnection, the remaining energy, and link connectivity information of the operational UAVs are encoded into a Laplacian matrix, which is then fed into the GCN model as the input. The model is trained using gradient descent, resulting in a UAV flight strategy for topology recovery. Simulation results demonstrate that, compared to the currently known methods, the proposed approach reduces self-healing time by 41.2%, overall network communication time by 13.3%, and improves the self-healing rate by 27%. Furthermore, the proposed method achieves effective energy control while maintaining high network stability and persistence.