Optimization of Energy Management for UAV-Enabled Cognitive Radio

Abstract

The deployment of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled cognitive radio system in the area covered by primary network is studied in this letter. The UAV shares the spectrum with primary user (PU) and aims to maximize the transmitted bits with limited battery capacity. When the UAV flies towards the primary transmitter, the sensing performance and throughput of the UAV system will be improved. However, the energy consumption increases linearly with the flying distance. The goal of this letter is to find the optimal position of the UAV and optimize the sensing performance as well as the power allocation such that the transmitted bits is maximized while the PU is sufficiently protected. An iterative optimization algorithm is proposed to obtain the system parameters. Simulation results show the efficiency of the proposed approach in terms of transmitted bits as compared to other schemes.