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UAV Virtual Antenna Array Deployment for Uplink Interference Mitigation in Data Collection Networks

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Pith's one-line read A UAV swarm that beamforms as a virtual antenna array can cut uplink interference to non-target base stations by roughly a factor of five.

desk verdict The 4.95× interference-mitigation gain is an arithmetic artifact (ratio of two dB values), but the multi-BS problem formulation and the CNSGA-II algorithm are solid enough to send to peer review. read the letter →

arxiv 2412.06456 v1 pith:C5NYDR5S submitted 2024-12-09 cs.NE cs.NI

Hongjuan Li , Hui Kang , Geng Sun , Jiahui Li , Jiacheng Wang , Xue Wang , Dusit Niyato , Victor C. M. Leung This is my paper · ORCID
classification cs.NEcs.NI
keywords UAVnetworkinterferencemitigationcollaborativebeamformingvirtualantennaarraymulti-objectiveoptimizationevolutionarycomputationCNSGA-IIuplinktransmission
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The pith

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The reading

This paper argues that a swarm of UAVs collecting data can keep the interference it causes to non-target base stations low by acting as a virtual antenna array: the drones jointly set their hover positions and excitation currents so the beam points at whichever base station is receiving data, while the transmission order to multiple base stations is optimized. The authors formulate this as a three-objective optimization problem (transmission time, total SINR of interfered base stations, and propulsion energy), prove that the problem is NP-hard, and solve it with a chaotic evolutionary algorithm called CNSGA-II. Simulation results show the cumulative SINR of interfered base stations improving by 4.95 times with 8 UAVs and 4.23 times with 16 UAVs after collaborative beamforming is applied. If this holds, data-collection UAVs could serve several base stations for backup and distributed processing without heavily degrading other ground communications.

What carries the argument

The load-bearing object is the array factor $F(\theta,\phi)=\sum_{i=1}^{N_U} I_i e^{j (2\pi/\lambda)(x_i\sin\theta\cos\phi + y_i\sin\theta\sin\phi + z_i\cos\theta)}$, which describes how the UAV swarm's signals combine in each direction; combined with the array gain formula it gives the power toward the target base station versus other base stations. Around this, the paper builds a multi-objective optimization problem (MOOP) whose objectives are total transmission time $f_1$, total SINR of interfered base stations $f_2$, and propulsion energy $f_3$, with a proof that the problem is NP-hard by reduction to the traveling salesman problem. The solver is CNSGA-II, a non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm modified with chaotic initialization, crossover, and mutation operators plus an elimination mechanism, which searches the mixed continuous-discrete solution space for Pareto-optimal trade-offs.

What would settle it

A deployment or high-fidelity simulation that sweeps phase-synchronization error and position jitter across the swarm, and measures the SINR at a non-target base station, would settle it: if the cumulative SINR improvement over the no-collaborative-beamforming baseline falls well below the reported 4.95x under realistic error, the central claim collapses.

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Core claim

The central discovery is that uplink interference from a UAV-enabled virtual antenna array to non-receiving base stations can be substantially reduced by jointly optimizing three things: the excitation current weights of each UAV, the three-dimensional hover positions, and the order in which the swarm transmits to multiple base stations. Quantitatively, the paper reports that in simulations the total SINR across interfered base stations rises by a factor of 4.95 in an 8-UAV network and 4.23 in a 16-UAV network compared with the same transmission without collaborative beamforming. The mechanism is that the virtual array's mainlobe is steered toward the intended base station while sidelobes toward other base stations are suppressed, and the multi-objective formulation lets the system trade interference mitigation against transmission time and propulsion energy.

Load-bearing premise

The whole beam-pattern argument assumes the UAVs can share data and synchronize their clocks, phases, and frequencies accurately enough that the idealized virtual-antenna array factor actually forms, so if synchronization or channel feedback is imperfect, the deep nulls toward non-target base stations shallow and the reported SINR gain drops.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Interference from data-collection UAVs to terrestrial base stations can be reduced without cutting transmit power or extending flight paths, since beamforming replaces power control and trajectory avoidance.
  • A UAV swarm can transmit the same or different data to several base stations in sequence for backup and distributed processing while keeping the SINR of non-target base stations high enough for their own ground users.
  • The trade-off between interference mitigation and energy is explicit: the Pareto front lets a network operator choose how much propulsion energy to spend moving drones for better beam patterns.
  • The proposed CNSGA-II solver, if the comparison simulations are representative, finds these trade-offs more effectively than MOPSO, MOMVO, MODA, and standard NSGA-II, at the cost of higher computation.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If the reported gains are sensitive to synchronization error, then the 4.95x figure is an upper bound for real deployments; a plausible testable extension is to add phase-noise and position-jitter terms to the array factor and re-measure the cumulative SINR gain.
  • The same joint position-weight optimization could be combined with movable antenna arrays or with power control to handle the residual sidelobe interference that imperfect CSI leaves behind.
  • The NP-hardness reduction suggests that any exact or near-exact solution must exploit the traveling-salesman structure of the transmission order, so heuristics that solve TSP subproblems efficiently may dominate generic evolutionary search in larger networks.
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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper proposes a collaborative-beamforming (CB) approach for uplink interference mitigation in a multi-UAV data collection network, where UAVs form a virtual antenna array to transmit collected data to multiple base stations. It formulates a three-objective optimization problem (transmission time, total SINR of interfered BSs, and propulsion energy) with mixed continuous/discrete decision variables, proves NP-hardness of the problem, and introduces CNSGA-II, an evolutionary algorithm with chaotic initialization, crossover, mutation, and an elimination mechanism. Simulations compare CNSGA-II against MOPSO, MOMVO, MODA, and NSGA-II, and the paper reports that the total SINR of interfered BSs improves by 4.95 times and 4.23 times after applying CB in the 8-UAV and 16-UAV cases, respectively.

Significance. If properly supported, the idea of using a UAV-enabled virtual antenna array to shape beams toward target BSs while suppressing interference to non-receiving BSs is a useful complement to power-control and trajectory-design approaches. The paper provides a detailed system model, a formal NP-hardness argument, and a custom multi-objective evolutionary algorithm with clearly described operators. The claimed algorithmic superiority of CNSGA-II over four baselines is plausible and is supported by Pareto-front and objective-value plots, although the absence of statistical repeats weakens the strength of that claim. The central quantitative claim about interference mitigation, however, rests on the dB arithmetic in Table IV, which is currently invalid as stated.

major comments (4)
  1. [§VI-B-3, Table IV] The statement that 'total SINR increases by 4.95 times after applying the CB method' is obtained by dividing two quantities expressed in dB (857.2498 / 173.1319 ≈ 4.95). A ratio of dB values is not a power ratio. If the entries are 10log10 of cumulative linear SINR, the linear improvement factor is 10^((857.2498−173.1319)/10) ≈ 10^68.4, which is implausibly high; if the entries are sums of per-link dB values, adding dB values corresponds to multiplying linear SINRs, not summing interference contributions. The authors must report linear SINR values or correctly converted ratios, and must specify whether the cumulative SINR is computed in the linear or dB domain.
  2. [§VI-B-3] The 'Before' configuration is not specified. The paper states that comparisons are made between 'A2G transmission without adopting CB' and 'A2G transmission with CB', but it does not define how received power and array gain are computed in the non-CB case (e.g., equal weights with non-coherent combining, a single UAV, or an omnidirectional antenna at the VAA centroid). Without this baseline definition and without a per-link or per-BS breakdown, the reported improvement cannot be reproduced or attributed to CB. The authors should define the baseline model and provide per-link SINR results.
  3. [§III-A-1 and §V-C] The array factor in Eq. (1) and the gain in Eq. (6) assume ideal coherent combining, and the text states that the synchronization protocols in [37]–[40] and CSI quantization in [42] can achieve this. However, no residual phase-error, frequency-error, or position-error model is provided. Since the claimed interference mitigation relies on deep pattern nulls toward non-receiving BSs, the paper should include a sensitivity analysis (e.g., total SINR versus phase-error variance or UAV position error) or explicitly frame the claims as ideal-synchronization upper bounds.
  4. [§VI-B-3] The after-CB SINR is the value of objective f2 that CNSGA-II directly optimizes, so the reported improvement is partly a statement about the optimizer's convergence rather than an independent validation of interference mitigation. A comparison against a theoretical beamforming benchmark (e.g., maximum array gain toward the target BS subject to null constraints) or against a fixed heuristic would allow the reader to judge how much of the gain comes from the CB concept itself versus the specific optimization procedure.
minor comments (6)
  1. [Algorithm 1] The pseudocode caption spells the algorithm name as 'CNASGA-II'; this should be corrected to 'CNSGA-II'.
  2. [Eq. (6)] The placement of ω(θ,ϕ)^2 and η in the gain formula is unclear; please check the parenthesization and define all terms explicitly.
  3. [Table III] Several parameter values appear to have inconsistent units relative to their definitions (e.g., ρ is listed as 0.503 m^2, and d0 as 1.225 kg/m^3). These should be verified against the cited references.
  4. [§VI-B-1 and §VI-B-3] The phrase 'cumulative across all interfered BSs' should state whether the accumulation is performed in the linear domain or in dB, and ideally a per-BS table should be provided.
  5. [§VI-B-1 and §VI-B-2] The statements that Pareto solutions are 'closer to the PF direction' are not quantitative; consider reporting established multi-objective metrics such as inverted generational distance or hypervolume.
  6. [Algorithm 4] Ranking the population by f1 and then f2 and removing the worst τ1 and τ2 solutions may discard non-dominated solutions; the choice of τ1 and τ2 should be justified, and its effect on solution diversity should be discussed.

Circularity Check

1 steps flagged · score 3.0 of 10

Reported 4.95x and 4.23x SINR gains are values of the optimized objective f2, not independent predictions; otherwise no load-bearing self-citation.

  1. self definitional [Section VI-B-3 and Table IV, compared with Eq. (12) and Eq. (14a) in Section IV]
    "To evaluate and optimize communication quality, we use the total SINR of communication of GUs with BSs as a metric, where the SINR is cumulative across all interfered BSs. ... As can be seen, in the smaller UA V-enabled data collection network with 8 UA Vs, the total SINR increases by 4.95 times after applying the CB method."

    Eq. (12) defines the second optimization objective f2 as the cumulative SINR across all interfered BSs, and Eq. (14a) minimizes -f2, i.e., it explicitly optimizes excitation weights, hover positions, and transmission order to maximize exactly this cumulative SINR. Table IV's 'After' entries (857.2498 dB and 731.6833 dB) are therefore values of f2 at the CNSGA-II optimum. The claimed interference-mitigation improvement (4.95x and 4.23x) is the optimizer's own objective gain over an unspecified 'Before' configuration, rather than an independently evaluated or predicted quantity. The conclusion restates this as evidence of efficacy ('total SINR results improving by 4.95 times ...

full rationale

One moderate circularity is present: the central quantitative validation of CB-based interference mitigation is the increase in cumulative SINR, which is also the objective function f2 that CNSGA-II is designed to maximize. Thus the reported 'prediction' is partially self-referential. However, the paper's physical models (array factor, SINR definition, channel model, energy model) are standard and cited to external sources, and the self-citations (e.g., prior WASA paper [1], [15], [51]) are used for context and comparison rather than to import an unverified uniqueness theorem or to forbid alternatives. The synchronization and CSI assumptions are feasibility premises, not circular steps. The dB-ratio arithmetic issue is a numerical-correctness concern rather than a circularity. Overall, the central claim is largely an optimization self-evaluation, warranting score 3 rather than a higher score.

Assumptions & free parameters 9 free parameters · 5 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on standard antenna array theory and on unvalidated assumptions about synchronization and CSI accuracy. Many simulation parameters are unstated, which is a reproducibility burden. No new physical entities are introduced.

free parameters (9)
  • k1, k2 (LoS probability parameters) = not specified
    Used in Eq. (2) for LoS probability, which sets channel gain in Eq. (4) and every objective; omitted from Table III, so the simulation cannot be reproduced or checked.
  • PGU (GU received power at BS) = not specified
    Baseline power in the SINR definition Eq. (8); directly determines the reported SINR values but never given.
  • sigma^2 (noise power) = not specified
    Appears in Eqs. (7) and (8) for rate and SINR; no value is provided.
  • B (bandwidth) = not specified
    Sets transmission rate in Eq. (7) and hence f1; missing.
  • Data_j (data volume per BS) = not specified
    Defines f1 in Eq. (11); no values for the 8 BSs are given.
  • Dmin (collision distance) = not specified
    Constraint C6 in Eq. (14g); no minimum distance is specified.
  • NSGA-II population size N and max iterations T = not specified
    Algorithm 1 hyperparameters that control the Pareto front quality; neither is stated.
  • tau1, tau2 (elimination counts) = not specified
    Algorithm 4 removes the worst tau1 and tau2 solutions; these values are never given.
  • eta, eta_u (distribution factors) = not specified
    Control crossover and mutation spread in Eqs. (19) and (21); user-defined but unstated.
assumptions (5)
  • domain assumption The array factor F(theta, phi) in Eq. (1) and the VAA gain G_BSj in Eq. (6) accurately model the UAV swarm as an ideal phased array with omnidirectional, uncoupled elements.
    Section III-A-1 and III-A-3. No mutual coupling, position errors, or element pattern errors are considered.
  • domain assumption Data sharing, timing, phase, and frequency synchronization among UAVs are achieved with negligible residual error via the protocols in [37]-[40].
    Section III-A-1 and V-C. The entire beamforming gain and interference nulling depend on this.
  • domain assumption CSI quantization from [42] yields near-perfect channel knowledge, so imperfect CSI causes little performance loss.
    Section III-A-1. The algorithm uses the quantized CSI to set weights and positions.
  • domain assumption The probabilistic LoS channel model Eq. (2) and energy model Eqs. (9)-(10) from [6], [47], [2] apply to the simulated scenarios.
    Section III-A-2 and III-B. These are external models taken as ground truth.
  • standard math The MOOP with fixed continuous variables reduces to TSP, and TSP is NP-hard (standard result).
    Theorem 1 proof in Section IV. The reduction is valid but only proves NP-hardness of a special case.

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained considerable attention as a platform for establishing aerial wireless networks and communications. However, the line-of-sight dominance in air-to-ground communications often leads to significant interference with terrestrial networks, reducing communication efficiency among terrestrial terminals. This paper explores a novel uplink interference mitigation approach based on the collaborative beamforming (CB) method in multi-UAV network systems. Specifically, the UAV swarm forms a UAV-enabled virtual antenna array (VAA) to achieve the transmissions of gathered data to multiple base stations (BSs) for data backup and distributed processing. However, there is a trade-off between the effectiveness of CB-based interference mitigation and the energy conservation of UAVs. Thus, by jointly optimizing the excitation current weights and hover position of UAVs as well as the sequence of data transmission to various BSs, we formulate an uplink interference mitigation multi-objective optimization problem (MOOP) to decrease interference affection, enhance transmission efficiency, and improve energy efficiency, simultaneously. In response to the computational demands of the formulated problem, we introduce an evolutionary computation method, namely chaotic non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II (CNSGA-II) with multiple improved operators. The proposed CNSGA-II efficiently addresses the formulated MOOP, outperforming several other comparative algorithms, as evidenced by the outcomes of the simulations. Moreover, the proposed CB-based uplink interference mitigation approach can significantly reduce the interference caused by UAVs to non-receiving BSs.

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Figure 1. Sketch map of a UAV-enabled VAA model for CB. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. System model of an A2G transmission in the probabilistic LoS [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Sketch map of the population update. Qt. Note that crossover and mutation are essential operations to achieve population updates in NSGA-II. Specifically, the crossover operation generates new individuals by replacing and recombining part of the structure of two individuals. This operation can increase population diversity and is the core operation of the NSGA-II. On the other hand, mutation operation refers to upda… view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: The algorithm framework of CNSGA-II. enhance the solving ability of NSGA-II. Moreover, CNSGA￾II uses an improved strategy based on an elimination mecha￾nism to exclude non-competitive solutions to avoid the over￾exploration of the search space by the algorithm. 1) Chao…
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Figure 5. Figure 5: The main steps of deploying our method in practical systems. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_5.png]
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Optimization results obtained by various algorithms (8 UAVs). [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_6.png]
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Flight paths of UAVs obtained by various algorithms (8 UAVs). (a) CNSGA-II. (b) MODA. (c) MOMVO. (d) MOPSO. (e) NSGA-II. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_8.png]
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Optimization results obtained by various algorithms (16 UAVs). [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_9.png]
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Figure 11. Figure 11: Flight paths of UAVs obtained by various algorithms (16 UAVs). (a) CNSGA-II. (b) MODA. (c) MOMVO. (d) MOPSO. (e) NSGA-II. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_11.png]

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