Energy Efficiency Optimization in UAV-Aided Maritime Communications

• Published in: Electronics (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 12; p. 2357
• Main Authors: Xin, Yuanxue, Zhao, Wenqiang, Zhang, Jun, Shi, Pengfei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 09.06.2025
• Subjects: Algorithms; Communications systems; Drone aircraft; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Energy management systems; Energy use; Flight; Mathematical programming; Optimization; Satellite communications; Sparsity; Trajectories; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Velocity

In this paper, we study an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled maritime communication system, where a single rotary-wing UAV is dispatched to communicate with multiple moving vessel users. We formulate the energy efficiency optimization problem with a propulsion energy consumption model by jointly...