Multi-Sized AI Models Assisted Low-Altitude UAV Delivery With RAN Optimization
Abstract
With the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) 1technology and wireless communication technology, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)-based low-altitude applications have become increasingly attractive for accurate and real-time UAV delivery by performing cooperative path planning. However, this application exposes imperative computing requirements on resource-limited UAVs. To address the problem, we propose a multi-sized AI model-assisted parcel delivery framework with RAN resource optimization. In this design, we propose a double-scale AI model cooperation algorithm to implement highly accurate UAV path planning for safe parcel delivery. We then propose a transformer-based resource optimization algorithm to perform high-efficiency resource allocation for real-time and reliable communication and computing cooperation among UAVs. Simulation results demonstrate that our algorithm improves network throughput by 15.4% compared to other benchmarks on average while achieving a high successful delivery ratio of 92% for robust UAV delivery.
Fields of Study & Subjects
UAV Applications and Optimization
IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
Publication details
- Journal / source
- IEEE Internet of Things Magazine
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 101–107
- Publication date
- 5 January 2026