Title: Cooperative and multi-criteria control algorithm for future mmWave SWIPT UAV networks

Authors: Sungwook Kim

Addresses: Department of Computer Science, Sogang University, 35 Baekbeom-ro (Sinsu-dong), Mapo-gu, Seoul, 04107, South Korea

Abstract: In this paper, we focus on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to realise energy-transferring and information-transmitting simultaneously in the millimetre wave (mmWave) aware network system. By using the power splitting technique, we design a new cooperative control scheme for the mmWave based simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) UAV system. The control approach in our proposed scheme combines the cooperative bargaining principles and multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) concepts to achieve the efficient usage of mmWave spectrum bands in the UAV integrated SWIPT network platform. According to the reference point and aspiration point based cooperative solutions, our proposed algorithms dynamically allocate the mmWave spectrum band. Based on the MCDM method, the allocated mmWave spectrum band is split into downlink and uplink phases, and we can harvest the energy during the downlink phase. By integrating two different control mechanisms, our comprehensive control framework facilitates balanced system performance.

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles; UAVs; mmWave spectrum band; simultaneous wireless information and power transfer; cooperative game solutions; multi-criteria decision.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2026.153341

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2026 Vol.51 No.4, pp.204 - 216

Received: 11 Mar 2025
Accepted: 03 Jul 2025
Published online: 01 May 2026 *

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