Received Power Based Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Jamming Detection and Nodes Classification Using Machine Learning

This paper presents a machine-learning method for detecting jamming UAVs and classifying nodes during jamming attacks onWireless Sensor Networks(WSNs).Jamming is a type of Denial of Service(DoS)attack and intentional interference where a malicious node transmits a high-power signal to increase noise on the receiver side to disrupt the communication channel and reduce performance significantly.To defend and prevent such attacks,the first step is to detect them.The current detection approaches use centralized techniques to detect jamming,where each node collects information and forwards it to the base station.As a result,overhead and communication costs increased.In this work,we present a jamming attack and classify nodes into different categories based on their location to the jammer by employing a single node observer.As a result,we introduced a machine learning model that uses distance ratios and power received as features to detect such attacks.Furthermore,we considered several types of jammers transmitting at different power levels to evaluate the proposed metrics using MATLAB.With a detection accuracy of 99.7%for the k-nearest neighbors(KNN)algorithm and average testing accuracy of 99.9%,the presented solution is capable of efficiently and accurately detecting jamming attacks in wireless sensor networks.

Multi-UAVs Collaborative Path Planning in the Cramped Environment

Due to its flexibility and complementarity, the multiUAVs system is well adapted to complex and cramped workspaces, with great application potential in the search and rescue(SAR) and indoor goods delivery fields. However, safe and effective path planning of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)in the cramped environment is always challenging: conflicts with each other are frequent because of high-density flight paths, collision probability increases because of space constraints, and the search space increases significantly, including time scale, 3D scale and model scale. Thus, this paper proposes a hierarchical collaborative planning framework with a conflict avoidance module at the high level and a path generation module at the low level. The enhanced conflict-base search(ECBS) in our framework is improved to handle the conflicts in the global path planning and avoid the occurrence of local deadlock. And both the collision and kinematic models of UAVs are considered to improve path smoothness and flight safety. Moreover, we specifically designed and published the cramped environment test set containing various unique obstacles to evaluating our framework performance thoroughly. Experiments are carried out relying on Rviz, with multiple flight missions: random, opposite, and staggered, which showed that the proposed method can generate smooth cooperative paths without conflict for at least 60 UAVs in a few minutes.The benchmark and source code are released in https://github.com/inin-xingtian/multi-UAVs-path-planner.

A new approach to study terrestrial yardang geomorphology based on high-resolution data acquired by unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs): A showcase of whaleback yardangs in Qaidam Basin, NW China

Yardangs are wind-eroded ridges usually observed in arid regions on Earth and other planets. Previous geomorphology studies of terrestrial yardang fields depended on satellite data and limited fieldwork. The geometry measurements of those yardangs based on satellite data are limited to the length, the width, and the spacing between the yardangs; elevations could not be studied due to the relatively low resolution of the satellite acquired elevation data, e.g. digital elevation models(DEMs). However, the elevation information(e.g. heights of the yardang surfaces) and related information(e.g. slope) of the yardangs are critical to understanding the characteristics and evolution of these aeolian features. Here we report a novel approach, using unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) to generate centimeterresolution orthomosaics and DEMs for the study of whaleback yardangs in Qaidam Basin, NW China. The ultra-high-resolution data provide new insights into the geomorphology characteristics and evolution of the whaleback yardangs in Qaidam Basin. These centimeter-resolution datasets also have important potential in:(1) high accuracy estimation of erosion volume;(2) modeling in very fine scale of wind dynamics related to yardang formation;(3) detailed comparative planetary geomorphology study for Mars, Venus, and Titan.

Optimal deployment of swarm positions in cooperative interception of multiple UAV swarms

In order to prevent the attacker from breaking through the blockade of the interception,deploying multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV)swarms on the interception line is a new combat style.To solve the optimal deployment of swarm positions in the cooperative interception,an optimal deployment optimization model is presented by minimizing the penetration zones'area and the analytical expression of the optimal deployment positions is deduced.Firstly,from the view of the attackers breaking through the interception line,the situations of vertical penetration and oblique penetration are analyzed respectively,and the mathematical models of penetration zones are obtained under the condition of a single UAV swarm and multiple UAV swarms.Secondly,based on the optimization goal of minimizing the penetration area,the optimal deployment optimization model for swarm positions is proposed,and the analytical solution of the optimal deployment is solved by using the convex programming theory.Finally,the proposed optimal deployment is compared with the uniform deployment and random deployment to verify the validity of the theoretical analysis.

Contour Based Path Planning with B-Spline Trajectory Generation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) over Hostile Terrain

This research focuses on trajectory generation algorithms that take into account the stealthiness of autonomous UAVs;generating stealthy paths through a region laden with enemy radars. The algorithm is employed to estimate the risk cost of the navigational space and generate an optimized path based on the user-specified threshold altitude value. Thus the generated path is represented with a set of low-radar risk waypoints being the coordinates of its control points. The radar-aware path planner is then approximated using cubic B-splines by considering the least radar risk to the destination. Simulated results are presented, illustrating the potential benefits of such algorithms.

Reducing congestion and emissions via roadside unit deployment under mixed traffic flow

It is expected that for a long time the future road trafc will be composed of both regular vehicles(RVs)and connected autonomous vehicles(CAVs).As a vehicle-to-infrastructure technology dedicated to facilitating CAV under the mixed trafc fow,roadside units(RSUs)can also improve the quality of information received by CAVs,thereby infuencing the routing behavior of CAV users.This paper explores the possibility of leveraging the RSU deployment to afect the route choices of both CAVs and RVs and the adoption rate of CAVs so as to reduce the network congestion and emissions.To this end,we frst establish a logit-based stochastic user equilibrium model to capture drivers’route choice and vehicle type choice behaviors provided the RSU deployment plan is given.Particularly,CAV users’perception error can be reduced by higher CAV penetration and denser RSUs deployed on the road due to the improved information quality.With the established equilibrium model,the RSU deployment problem is then formulated as a mathematical program with equilibrium constraints.An active-set algorithm is presented to solve the deployment problem efciently.Numerical results suggest that an optimal RSU deployment plan can efectively drive the system towards one with lower network delay and emissions.

Joint mission and route planning of unmanned air vehicles via a learning-based heuristic

Unmanned air vehicles(UAVs) have been regularly employed in modern wars to conduct different missions. Instead of addressing mission planning and route planning separately,this study investigates the issue of joint mission and route planning for a fleet of UAVs. The mission planning determines the configuration of weapons in UAVs and the weapons to attack targets, while the route planning determines the UAV’s visiting sequence for the targets. The problem is formulated as an integer linear programming model. Due to the inefficiency of CPLEX on large scale optimization problems, an effective learningbased heuristic, namely, population based adaptive large neighborhood search(P-ALNS), is proposed to solve the model. In P-ALNS, seven neighborhood structures are designed and adaptively utilized in terms of their historical performance. The effectiveness and superiority of the proposed model and algorithm are demonstrated on test instances of small, medium and large sizes. In particular, P-ALNS achieves comparable solutions or as good as those of CPLEX on small-size(20 targets)instances in much shorter time.

Combat situation suppression of multiple UAVs based on spatiotemporal cooperative path planning

Aiming at the suppression of enemy air defense(SEAD)task under the complex and complicated combat sce-nario,the spatiotemporal cooperative path planning methods are studied in this paper.The major research contents include opti-mal path points generation,path smoothing and cooperative rendezvous.In the path points generation part,the path points availability testing algorithm and the path segments availability testing algorithm are designed,on this foundation,the swarm intelligence-based path point generation algorithm is utilized to generate the optimal path.In the path smoothing part,taking ter-minal attack angle constraint and maneuverability constraint into consideration,the Dubins curve is introduced to smooth the path segments.In cooperative rendezvous part,we take esti-mated time of arrival requirement constraint and flight speed range constraint into consideration,the speed control strategy and flight path control strategy are introduced,further,the decoupling scheme of the circling maneuver and detouring maneuver is designed,in this case,the maneuver ways,maneu-ver point,maneuver times,maneuver path and flight speed are determined.Finally,the simulation experiments are conducted and the acquired results reveal that the time-space cooperation of multiple unmanned aeriel vehicles(UAVs)is effectively real-ized,in this way,the combat situation suppression against the enemy can be realized in SEAD scenarios.

A multi-UAV deployment method for border patrolling based on Stackelberg game

To strengthen border patrol measures, unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) are gradually used in many countries to detect illegal entries on borders. However, how to efficiently deploy limited UAVs to patrol on borders of large areas remains challenging. In this paper, we first model the problem of deploying UAVs for border patrol as a Stackelberg game. Two players are considered in this game: The border patrol agency is the leader,who optimizes the patrol path of UAVs to detect the illegal immigrant. The illegal immigrant is the follower, who selects a certain area of the border to pass through at a certain time after observing the leader’s strategy. Second, a compact linear programming problem is proposed to tackle the exponential growth of the number of leader’s strategies. Third, a method is proposed to reduce the size of the strategy space of the follower. Then, we provide some theoretic results to present the effect of parameters of the model on leader’s utilities. Experimental results demonstrate the positive effect of limited starting and ending areas of UAV’s patrolling conditions and multiple patrolling altitudes on the leader ’s utility, and show that the proposed solution outperforms two conventional patrol strategies and has strong robustness.

Cooperative trajectory optimization of UAVs in approaching stage using feedback guidance methods

This paper mainly studies the problem of using UAVs to provide accurate remote target indication for hypersonic projectiles.Based on the optimal trajectory trends and feedback guidance methods,a new cooperative control algorithm is proposed to optimize trajectories of multi-UAVs for target tracking in approaching stage.Based on UAV kinematics and sensor performance models,optimal trajectory trends of UAVs are analyzed theoretically.Then,feedback guidance methods are proposed under the optimal observation trends of UAVs in the approaching target stage,producing trajectories with far less computational complexity and performance very close to the best-known trajectories.Next,the sufficient condition for the UAV to form the optimal observation configuration by the feedback guidance method is presented,which guarantees that the proposed method can optimize the observation trajectory of the UAV in approaching stage.Finally,the feedback guidance method is numerically simulated.Simulation results demonstrate that the estimation performance of the feedback guidance method is superior to the Lyapunov guidance vector field(LGVF)method and verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.Additionally,compared with the receding horizon optimization(RHO)method,the proposed method has the same optimization ability as the RHO method and better real-time performance.

Joint UAV 3D deployment and sensor power allocation for energy-efficient and secure data collection

Unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) are advantageous for data collection in wireless sensor networks(WSNs) due to its low cost of use,flexible deployment,controllable mobility,etc. However,how to cope with the inherent issues of energy limitation and data security in the WSNs is challenging in such an application paradigm. To this end,based on the framework of physical layer security,an optimization problem for maximizing secrecy energy efficiency(EE) of data collection is formulated,which focuses on optimizing the UAV’s positions and the sensors’ transmit power. To overcome the difficulties in solving the optimization problem,the methods of fractional programming and successive convex approximation are then adopted to gradually transform the original problem into a series of tractable subproblems which are solved in an iterative manner. As shown in simulation results,by the joint designs in the spatial domain of UAV and the power domain of sensors,the proposed algorithm achieves a significant improvement of secrecy EE and rate.

基于深度学习的无人机检测和识别研究综述

近年来,由于在各行各业发挥了不可替代作用,无人机产业和应用得到了迅速发展。然而,无人机的“黑飞”、携带危险物品等事件频繁发生,对社会安全构成了严重威胁。因此,无人机的检测和识别变得尤为迫切和必要。随着无人机类型不断地变化,传统的检测与识别方法已不再适应当前需求。深度学习技术的快速发展为无人机检测与识别提供了一种高效且准确的解决方案。深度学习模型具备自主学习特征的能力,能够从大规模数据中提取高级特征,并且在无人机检测与识别任务中表现出色。该模型不仅能够显著提高准确性,还能够适应各种复杂环境和无人机类型。对此,本文综述了基于深度学习的无人机检测与识别技术的最新进展,主要包括基于深度学习的无人机视觉检测和识别、基于深度学习的无人机音频检测和识别、基于深度学习的无人机雷达检测和识别以及基于深度学习的无人机射频检测和识别。最后,对目前无人机检测和识别现存问题进行分析,并展望了未来研究方向。

基于通感融合的无人机预编码及飞行轨迹设计

无人机(UAVs)具有机动性强,低成本及易部署等特性,通过搭载通信及感知设备,支持通信与感知技术的高效资源共享,无人机可作为融合通信与传感技术的高性能空中平台。该文针对多输入多输出(MIMO)无人机使能的联合通信、感知场景,综合考虑无人机飞行能量、多天线传输及用户业务需求等限制条件,建模无人机通信、感知预编码及飞行轨迹联合优化问题为多目标优化问题,以实现通信用户最低速率最大化及目标最小发现概率最大化。由于通信用户最低速率最大化问题为非凸优化问题,难以直接求解,将原优化问题分解为通信预编码设计子问题及无人机轨迹设计子问题,并采用交替迭代法依次求解两个子问题直至算法收敛,其中,对于通信预编码设计子问题,提出一种基于迫零(ZF)算法的求解策略;对于无人机轨迹设计子问题,提出一种基于连续凸逼近(SCA)算法的求解策略。基于所得到的无人机最优轨迹,将无人机感知位置选择问题建模为加权距离和最小化问题,进而应用泛搜索算法优化确定目标感知位置,并设计基于ZF算法的通信感知预编码联合优化策略,以实现通信感知性能的联合优化。最后通过仿真验证了该文所提算法的有效性。

城市无人机航线飞行间隔与调控频率综合研究

聚焦城市无人机航线飞行,为确保运行安全,需要为无人机配备合适的飞行间隔。面向同航线纵向飞行场景,研究了考虑冲突频率与碰撞概率且符合ICAO间隔制定原则的间隔调控模型。通过研究仅考虑无人机定位误差下的碰撞风险,得到无人机纵向飞行间隔,作为后续间隔计算的基准;通过综合考虑定位误差和速度误差引发的位置不确定性,计算伴随无人机航线飞行进程的碰撞风险。加大纵向间隔会延迟突破安全目标水平的时机,但随着飞行进程的推进,碰撞风险终将突破安全目标水平。基于此,提出了无人机位置调控机制,对2架无人机位置进行定期调控,以消除速度所产生的累积误差。针对某1个指定的安全目标水平,得到了纵向间隔与位置调控频率的关系曲线,发现二者存在博弈关系,实施高频调控,需要采取更小的航线间隔;反之,则需要加大航线间隔。同时,为兼顾城市空间与位置调控能力的双重约束,提出了选取曲率最大值位置的所需飞行间隔与调控频率作为折中方案,发现安全目标水平要求越严格,所需调控频率和飞行间隔越大。实验得到在满足安全目标水平为5×10^(-9)次/飞行小时情况下,所需调控频率为87次/h,所需纵向飞行间隔为90 m;同时在实际运行环境中,应用上述评估模型与方法可以客观选择所需间隔和调控频率。本文研究可以兼顾城市物流无人机空中运行的安全,提高城市空域利用率和派送效率。

基于杂波拖尾分布的雷达无人机检测性能分析

固定翼无人机(unmanned aerial vehicle,UAV)给雷达低空监视提出了严峻挑战。分析雷达对固定翼UAV的检测性能,可为雷达UAV检测能力评估和技术升级提供重要参考。本文结合雷达探测低空固定翼UAV外场实测数据,首先分析了低空固定翼UAV雷达接收信号幅度统计分布,采用多项式对杂波拖尾导致的虚警概率进行拟合建模;然后,根据虚警概率分布得到雷达检测门限;进而根据UAV回波+杂波幅度分布理论推导得到雷达检测概率;最后,将理论分析性能与传统性能分析结果、雷达实际检测性能进行对比。结果表明,采用多项式对杂波拖尾导致的虚警概率进行单独建模,由此获得的雷达检测门限精度更高,从而使雷达UAV检测性能分析结果较传统性能分析结果更准确。

数字低空空域栅格化的表征度量与最优标定

低空飞行空间范围小、目标速度慢、环境要素杂,传统的经纬度表征方式无法满足智联环境下的低空精细管理要求,为此本文研究了数字低空空域栅格化的表征度量与最优标定问题。首先,从“点-线-面”视角构建了多维度低空空域结构要素量化表征规则,提出了低空空域多层级栅格量化表征方法;然后,通过判定不同空域栅格的“点-线-面”位置关系,提出了基于栅格交集矩阵的低空空域拓扑关系度量方法;最后,综合考虑低空无人机碰撞指数、低空栅格利用指数等优化目标,以及节点与栅格匹配约束、空间位置约束、无人机与无人机/障碍物安全约束等限制条件,建立了面向多维性能的低空空域栅格粒度最优标定模型。针对城市低空典型飞行任务场景对所提方法的有效性及优化效果进行了验证分析。实验结果表明,针对任意设定的低空空域和无人机飞行任务,在可接受的无人机碰撞指数和栅格利用指数下,所提方法可对数字低空栅格粒度进行最优配置,从根源上有效确保低空飞行活动的安全和高效。研究成果对于支撑数字低空空域精细化管理和异质飞行器融合运行具有一定的理论价值和应用意义。

基于EMSDBO算法的无人机三维航迹规划

针对无人机(unmanned aerial vehicle,UAV)三维航迹规划问题,提出一种增强型多策略蜣螂算法的UAV航迹规划方法。首先,将飞行接近率和响应时间的动态约束添加到威胁成本代价中,并考虑UAV转弯性能的影响,建立三维任务空间模型与航迹代价函数。其次,在蜣螂算法中引入偏移估计策略、变螺旋搜索策略、准反向学习策略和逐维变异策略,提高算法的全局寻优能力和收敛速度。最后,给出了改进算法在三维环境下航迹规划的仿真结果。结果表明:综合考虑UAV机动性能和转弯性能,规划出的路径可以更加安全有效地避开危险源。相比其他算法,改进算法的寻优能力更好,规划的航迹质量更优。

无人机高空航拍视角下小尺度车辆精确检测方法

无人机高空航拍图像中车辆像素占比极低,目标可视化信息较少,在目标检测任务中容易漏检和误检。因此,本文提出一种基于改进YOLOX(You Only Look Once X)的无人机高空航拍视角下小尺度车辆精确检测方法。首先,为增强网络对低级特征的提取能力,在原始YOLOX预测头部增加一个160 pixel×160 pixel的浅层特征提取网络;其次,在骨干网络后端嵌入基于归一化的注意力机制模块(Normalization-based Attention Module,NAM),以抑制冗余的非显著特征表达;最后,为了增大小尺度车辆的相对像素比,提升网络捕捉有效特征信息的能力,提出一种基于滑动窗口的图像切分检测方法。试验结果表明,改进YOLOX网络表现出良好的检测效能,检测精度达到了84.58%,优于典型的目标检测网络Faster R-CNN(79.95%)、YOLOv3(83.69%)、YOLOv5(84.31%)及YOLOX(83.10%)。此外,改进YOLOX能够有效解决无人机高空航拍图像中小尺度车辆的漏检和误检问题,且预测框更贴合车辆的实际轮廓;同时,在不同航拍高度的目标检测任务中具有较高的鲁棒性。

航母舰载无人机全自动着舰技术特点分析

全自动着舰技术是无人机上舰必须解决的“使能”技术。2013年,美军已完成X-47B无人机验证机在航母上的全自动着舰试验验证,为其发展MQ-25A“黄貂鱼”航母舰载无人机装备奠定了良好的技术基础。在梳理飞机着陆与着舰差异的基础上,给出航母舰载无人机全自动着舰的通用流程;从地位作用、工作范围、系统构架、系统要求、实现手段以及关键技术支撑等角度,对比有人机重点分析了航母舰载无人机全自动着舰的特点,为后续关键技术研究和武器装备建设发展提供参考。

基于POD和Kriging的水滴收集量快速预测方法

数值模拟手段预测翼面处水滴撞击特性通常较为耗时,为快速准确计算结冰条件下的翼面处水滴收集量,提出了基于本征正交分解和代理模型的水滴收集量快速预测方法。首先对FAR 25部附录C中连续最大结冰条件进行优化拉丁超立方采样,通过数值模拟手段获得各采样点在翼面处水滴收集量分布,从而构造样本空间。在此基础上,利用本征正交分解(Proper orthogonal decompostion,POD)方法找到表达和重构水滴收集量的本征模态以及相应的拟合系数。最后,利用Kriging模型建立样本空间中各采样点与拟合系数间的代理模型,实现翼面处水滴收集量分布的快速预测。经多组工况验证表明:该方法可较为准确地预测翼面处水滴收集量分布,其计算成本较数值模拟方法大幅降低,能够为无人机防除冰设计提供有益参考。