Dynamic network coverage method for heterogeneous multi-uavs based on dual-topology control

He Xingyua,b
Luo Dongxua
Yang Guisonga
a. School of Optical-Electrical & Computer Engineering, b. College of Publishing, University of Shanghai for Science & Technology, Shanghai 200093, China

Abstract

To address the delayed coverage decisions caused by dynamic ground-user demands and the conflict between self-organized network stability and coverage flexibility in infrastructure-limited environments, this paper proposes a dynamic network coverage method for heterogeneous multi-UAV systems based on dual-topology control. The method constructs a detection topology and a coverage topology for different functions. The detection topology supports network state collection and representation and maintains full connectivity, while the coverage topology provides regular network coverage services without enforcing full connectivity. On this basis, the method integrates long short-term memory networks and graph neural networks to represent network states. The LSTM module predicts future ground-user positions to improve the foresight of coverage decisions, and the graph neural network constructs a heterogeneous graph based on the detection topology and designs type-specific message-passing mechanisms for heterogeneous UAVs. Furthermore, the method establishes a heterogeneous reinforcement learning model under dual-topology control and designs differentiated reward functions for high-altitude and low-altitude UAVs. High-altitude UAVs focus on improving coverage-topology stability and maintaining full connectivity of the detection topology, whereas low-altitude UAVs focus on improving coverage quality. Experimental results show that, compared with the best results among existing baseline algorithms, the proposed method improves the coverage rate, network connectivity rate, and user throughput by approximately 23%, 22%, and 58%, respectively. These results demonstrate that the method effectively enhances coverage performance, connectivity stability, and throughput capability in dynamic heterogeneous UAV networks.

Foundation Support

国家自然科学基金资助项目(61602305,61802257)
上海市自然科学基金资助项目(18ZR1426000,19ZR1477600)

Publish Information

DOI: 10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2026.03.0043
Publish at: Application Research of Computers Accepted Paper, Vol. 43, 2026 No. 10

Publish History

[2026-07-20] Accepted Paper

Cite This Article

何杏宇, 罗东旭, 杨桂松. 基于双拓扑控制的异构多无人机动态网络覆盖 [J]. 计算机应用研究, 2026, 43 (10). (2026-07-30). https://doi.org/10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2026.03.0043. (He Xingyu, Luo Dongxu, Yang Guisong. Dynamic network coverage method for heterogeneous multi-uavs based on dual-topology control [J]. Application Research of Computers, 2026, 43 (10). (2026-07-30). https://doi.org/10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2026.03.0043. )

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