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Computer Science ›› 2024, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (11A): 240100105-7.doi: 10.11896/jsjkx.240100105

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Study on Unmanned Aircraft Formation Control Based on Multi-agent Collaboration

GAN Liangqi, DONG Chao   

  1. College of Electronic and Information Engineering/ College of Integrated Circuits,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astro Nautics,Nanjing 211106,China
    Key Laboratory of Dynamic Cognitive System of Electromagnetic Spectrum Space,Ministry of Industry and Information Technology,Nanjing 211106,China
  • Online:2024-11-16 Published:2024-11-13
  • About author:GAN Liangqi,born in 1992,Ph.D postgraduate.His main research interests include intelligent network of UAV network and “mosaic warfare”.
    DONG Chao,born in 1980,Ph.D supervisor,is a member of China Computer Federation.His main research interests include intelligent networking and communication of UAV,aviation 6G network,IoT and aerospace bionic science and technology.
  • Supported by:
    National Key Research and Development Project of China(2018YFB1800801) and National Natural Science Foundation of China(61631020,61827801,61931011).

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Abstract: The application of unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) is receiving more and more attention in all aspects,especially in the complex and changing battlefield,where they have unique advantages.However,single-flight UAV operations in the battlefield are very limited in capability and can only accomplish a single task with low efficiency.Multi-UAV formation coordination can give full play to the advantages of UAV formation and realize wider mission coverage and more efficient mission execution capability.Firstly,the application background and application scenarios of multi-agent networking and UAV formation cooperative dynamic networking are analyzed.The domain of “air-sky-low-altitude-land” joint communication is proposed,which can realize the information between different spatial levels.The joint communication domain of “air-sky-low-altitude-land” is proposed,which can realize the transmission of information and data between different spatial levels,achieve unified command and cooperative operation on the battlefield,and improve the combat efficiency.Then,the mathematical model of a single UAV is established after analysis,and the flight controller of a single UAV is designed and the response times of roll angle,pitch angle and yaw angle are 0.5 s,0.3 s and 2.5 s respectively through simulation.After that,the UAV formation cooperative control system is designed based on tools such as AirSim plug-in,Matlab/Simulink,Python,which can realize the simulation of mission scenarios,the collection and processing of UAV flight data.Finally,in order to solve the problems of data interaction and decision making among UAVs,a cooperative communication control module is designed,and the specific hardware principle and communication protocol for data interaction are given,and the UAV formation cooperative control system is completed through simulation and test.It provides some theoretical support for unmanned combat in modern war and has practical reference significance.

Key words: Multi-UAV formation coordination, Multi-agent, Joint communication domain, Air-Sky-Low-Altitude-Land, Cooperative communication control module

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