UV communication cooperative formation UAV alliance capture algorithm

Abstract

The capture of target unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by a UAV formation is one of the important and typical tasks in multi-UAV battlefield operations. In this paper, an ultraviolet (UV) light communication-assisted formation UAV alliance capture algorithm is proposed, which combines UV light communication technology with a capture algorithm. With the help of wireless UV light to assist UAV formation inter-UAV data confidentiality transmission and non-line-of-sight communication, the algorithm integrates the alliance generation algorithm with the region minimization strategy, solves the optimal alliance structure by using the dynamic programming method, and implements the aerial capture of the target UAVs by using the region minimization strategy, so as to complete the task of efficiently capturing multi-targets by the UAV formation in complex scenarios. Simulation comparisons were conducted between the region minimization strategy and the proposed UV communication-assisted formation UAV alliance capture algorithm. The results show that the proposed algorithm reduces energy consumption by 12.73% on average and decreases the average number of algorithm iterations by 27.49% during the UAV formation capture of multiple targets, which verifies its low energy consumption and high capture efficiency.