Dual-End Fluid Antennas for Robust Anti-Jamming in Low-Altitude Air-Ground Communications

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Authors: Yu Guo, Junshan Luo, Fanggang Wang, Haiyang Ding, Shilian Wang, Zhenhai Xu
Cited by: 2
References: 37

Abstract

This paper addresses the challenge of co-channel interference and intentional jamming in low-altitude air-ground communications. Since conventional fixed-position antenna (FPA) systems lack spatial adaptability to dynamically balance signal enhancement against interference suppression, we propose a transformative fluid antenna system (FAS)-assisted heterogeneous dual-layer transmission architecture. Specifically, a terrestrial base station with FPA serves ground users, while a low altitude-serving base station equipped with FAS communicates with the aerial user, also equipped with FAS, under the attack of a malicious jammer. We formulate a worst-case achievable rate maximization problem for aerial user subject to constraints including quality-of-service for terrestrial users, imperfect jamming directions, minimum antenna separation, etc. To address the non-convex problem, we propose a fractional programming-block coordinate descent algorithm that alternately optimizes the transmit precoders, receive combiner, and antenna positions at both transceiver sides. Convex hull-based approach and geometric boundary method are used to handle the jamming uncertainty and antenna placement constraints in confined spatial regions, respectively. Extensive simulations validate significant performance gains. The FAS achieves up to 66% higher data rates than FPA under equivalent power constraints. Strategic antenna repositioning demonstrably enhances signal quality while suppressing interference, maintaining robustness across diverse jammer channel uncertainties.

Fields of Study & Subjects

UAV Applications and Optimization Security in Wireless Sensor Networks Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Publication details

Journal / source
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Volume
20
Issue
3
Pages
277–293
Publication date
20 February 2026