{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4417285348","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pimrc62392.2025.11275590","title":"A4FN: an Agentic AI Architecture for Autonomous Flying Networks","display_name":"A4FN: an Agentic AI Architecture for Autonomous Flying Networks","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-09-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4417285348","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pimrc62392.2025.11275590"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/pimrc62392.2025.11275590","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pimrc62392.2025.11275590","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2025 IEEE 36th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5042401063","display_name":"Andr\u00e9 L. V. Coelho","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3527-9091"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I182534213","display_name":"Universidade do Porto","ror":"https://ror.org/043pwc612","country_code":"PT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I182534213"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210166615","display_name":"INESC TEC","ror":"https://ror.org/05fa8ka61","country_code":"PT","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210125590","https://openalex.org/I4210166615"]}],"countries":["PT"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Andr\u00e9 Coelho","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidade do Porto,INESC TEC and Faculdade de Engenharia,Portugal"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidade do Porto,INESC TEC and Faculdade de Engenharia,Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210166615","https://openalex.org/I182534213"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5114374332","display_name":"Pedro Ribeiro","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5768-1383"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210166615","display_name":"INESC TEC","ror":"https://ror.org/05fa8ka61","country_code":"PT","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210125590","https://openalex.org/I4210166615"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I182534213","display_name":"Universidade do Porto","ror":"https://ror.org/043pwc612","country_code":"PT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I182534213"]}],"countries":["PT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Pedro Ribeiro","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidade do Porto,INESC TEC and Faculdade de Engenharia,Portugal"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidade do Porto,INESC TEC and Faculdade de Engenharia,Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210166615","https://openalex.org/I182534213"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5037152651","display_name":"H\u00e9lder Fontes","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7672-8335"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210166615","display_name":"INESC TEC","ror":"https://ror.org/05fa8ka61","country_code":"PT","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210125590","https://openalex.org/I4210166615"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I182534213","display_name":"Universidade do Porto","ror":"https://ror.org/043pwc612","country_code":"PT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I182534213"]}],"countries":["PT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Helder Fontes","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidade do Porto,INESC TEC and Faculdade de Engenharia,Portugal"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidade do Porto,INESC TEC and Faculdade de Engenharia,Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210166615","https://openalex.org/I182534213"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5042847095","display_name":"Rui Campos","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9419-6670"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210166615","display_name":"INESC TEC","ror":"https://ror.org/05fa8ka61","country_code":"PT","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210125590","https://openalex.org/I4210166615"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I182534213","display_name":"Universidade do Porto","ror":"https://ror.org/043pwc612","country_code":"PT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I182534213"]}],"countries":["PT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rui Campos","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidade do Porto,INESC TEC and Faculdade de Engenharia,Portugal"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidade do Porto,INESC TEC and Faculdade de Engenharia,Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210166615","https://openalex.org/I182534213"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5042401063"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I182534213","https://openalex.org/I4210166615"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.52689933,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"6"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11133","display_name":"UAV Applications and Optimization","score":0.8755999803543091,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11133","display_name":"UAV Applications and Optimization","score":0.8755999803543091,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11489","display_name":"Air Traffic Management and Optimization","score":0.014000000432133675,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10249","display_name":"Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems","score":0.008500000461935997,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/interoperability","display_name":"Interoperability","score":0.6420999765396118},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.5733000040054321},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/architecture","display_name":"Architecture","score":0.4352000057697296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/automation","display_name":"Automation","score":0.42809998989105225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/position-paper","display_name":"Position paper","score":0.40619999170303345},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/stateful-firewall","display_name":"Stateful firewall","score":0.37880000472068787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource","display_name":"Resource (disambiguation)","score":0.36390000581741333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/service","display_name":"Service (business)","score":0.3522999882698059},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perception","display_name":"Perception","score":0.3384000062942505}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C20136886","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q749647","display_name":"Interoperability","level":2,"score":0.6420999765396118},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.5733000040054321},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5673999786376953},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123657996","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12271","display_name":"Architecture","level":2,"score":0.4352000057697296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115901376","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184199","display_name":"Automation","level":2,"score":0.42809998989105225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.40779998898506165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78780964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7233193","display_name":"Position paper","level":2,"score":0.40619999170303345},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.4018000066280365},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C22927095","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1784206","display_name":"Stateful firewall","level":3,"score":0.37880000472068787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206345919","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20380951","display_name":"Resource (disambiguation)","level":2,"score":0.36390000581741333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780378061","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25351891","display_name":"Service (business)","level":2,"score":0.3522999882698059},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.3384000062942505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775924081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55608371","display_name":"Control (management)","level":2,"score":0.3330000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.29760000109672546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2129575","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54837","display_name":"Semantic Web","level":2,"score":0.2939999997615814},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93996380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44127","display_name":"Server","level":2,"score":0.2921000123023987},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2164484","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5170150","display_name":"Core (optical fiber)","level":2,"score":0.29100000858306885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108037233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11375","display_name":"Wireless network","level":3,"score":0.28760001063346863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39890363","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36108","display_name":"Generative grammar","level":2,"score":0.2840999960899353},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50644808","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192776","display_name":"Artificial neural network","level":2,"score":0.2815000116825104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98025372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q477538","display_name":"Systems architecture","level":3,"score":0.27730000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C57041688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220644","display_name":"Service-oriented architecture","level":3,"score":0.27619999647140503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C198082294","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3399648","display_name":"Position (finance)","level":2,"score":0.2689000070095062},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24590314","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336038","display_name":"Wireless sensor network","level":2,"score":0.2685000002384186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151319957","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752739","display_name":"Asynchronous communication","level":2,"score":0.2630999982357025},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C51332947","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1172305","display_name":"Shared resource","level":2,"score":0.2612999975681305},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177212765","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q627335","display_name":"Workflow","level":2,"score":0.26109999418258667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.2574000060558319},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.2531000077724457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C184337299","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1437428","display_name":"Semantics (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.2522999942302704},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34413123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170978","display_name":"Robotics","level":3,"score":0.25099998712539673}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/pimrc62392.2025.11275590","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pimrc62392.2025.11275590","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2025 IEEE 36th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":17,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2808307601","https://openalex.org/W2920736801","https://openalex.org/W4309729366","https://openalex.org/W4312310241","https://openalex.org/W4386754244","https://openalex.org/W4393372064","https://openalex.org/W4394828156","https://openalex.org/W4400646540","https://openalex.org/W4401386783","https://openalex.org/W4401717638","https://openalex.org/W4402796388","https://openalex.org/W4403918223","https://openalex.org/W4404238463","https://openalex.org/W4405092734","https://openalex.org/W4405784845","https://openalex.org/W4406311637","https://openalex.org/W4410228557"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"position":[1],"paper":[2,127],"presents":[3],"A4FN,":[4],"an":[5],"Agentic":[6,94,143],"Artificial":[7],"Intelligence":[8],"(AI)":[9],"architecture":[10],"for":[11,105],"intent-driven":[12],"automation":[13],"in":[14,139,146],"Flying":[15],"Networks":[16],"(FNs)":[17],"using":[18],"Unmanned":[19],"Aerial":[20],"Vehicles":[21],"(UAVs)":[22],"as":[23,110],"access":[24],"nodes.":[25],"A4FN":[26,89,130],"leverages":[27],"Generative":[28],"AI":[29,144],"and":[30,63,76,100,120,135,142],"Large":[31],"Language":[32],"Models":[33],"(LLMs)":[34],"to":[35,70],"enable":[36],"real-time,":[37],"context-aware":[38],"network":[39,84],"control":[40],"via":[41],"a":[42],"distributed":[43],"agentic":[44],"system.":[45],"It":[46],"comprises":[47],"two":[48],"components:":[49],"the":[50,77,83,129],"Perception":[51],"Agent":[52,79],"(PA),":[53],"which":[54,81],"semantically":[55],"interprets":[56],"multimodal":[57],"input":[58],"\u2013":[59,66],"including":[60,96],"imagery,":[61],"audio,":[62],"telemetry":[64],"data":[65],"from":[67],"UAV-mounted":[68],"sensors":[69],"derive":[71],"Service":[72],"Level":[73],"Specifications":[74],"(SLSs);":[75],"Decision-and-Action":[78],"(DAA),":[80],"reconfigures":[82],"based":[85],"on":[86],"inferred":[87],"intents.":[88],"embodies":[90],"key":[91],"properties":[92],"of":[93],"AI,":[95],"autonomy,":[97],"goal-driven":[98],"reasoning,":[99],"continuous":[101],"perception-action":[102],"cycles.":[103],"Designed":[104],"mission-critical,":[106],"infrastructure-limited":[107],"scenarios":[108],"such":[109],"disaster":[111],"response,":[112],"it":[113],"supports":[114],"adaptive":[115],"reconfiguration,":[116],"dynamic":[117],"resource":[118],"management,":[119],"interoperability":[121],"with":[122],"emerging":[123],"wireless":[124],"technologies.":[125],"The":[126],"details":[128],"architecture,":[131],"its":[132],"core":[133],"innovations,":[134],"open":[136],"research":[137],"challenges":[138],"multi-agent":[140],"coordination":[141],"integration":[145],"next-generation":[147],"FNs.":[148]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-03-07T16:01:11.037858","created_date":"2025-12-12T00:00:00"}