{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3197218539","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/twc.2022.3162749","title":"Path Planning for Cellular-Connected UAV: A DRL Solution With Quantum-Inspired Experience Replay","display_name":"Path Planning for Cellular-Connected UAV: A DRL Solution With Quantum-Inspired Experience Replay","publication_year":2022,"publication_date":"2022-04-04","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3197218539","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/twc.2022.3162749","mag":"3197218539"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/twc.2022.3162749","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/twc.2022.3162749","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S63459445","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications","issn_l":"1536-1276","issn":["1536-1276","1558-2248"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications","raw_type":"journal-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/A5101850394","display_name":"Yuanjian Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8663-1644"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I183935753","display_name":"King's College London","ror":"https://ror.org/0220mzb33","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I183935753"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Yuanjian Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Centre for Telecommunications Research (CTR), King’s College London, London, U.K"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Telecommunications Research (CTR), King’s College London, London, U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183935753"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5065296493","display_name":"A.H. Aghvami","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I183935753","display_name":"King's College London","ror":"https://ror.org/0220mzb33","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I183935753"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"A. Hamid Aghvami","raw_affiliation_strings":["Centre for Telecommunications Research (CTR), King’s College London, London, U.K"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Telecommunications Research (CTR), King’s College London, London, U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183935753"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000582423","display_name":"Daoyi Dong","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7425-3559"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I188329596","display_name":"University of Canberra","ror":"https://ror.org/04s1nv328","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I188329596"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I31746571","display_name":"UNSW Sydney","ror":"https://ror.org/03r8z3t63","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I31746571"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Daoyi Dong","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT, Australia"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I188329596","https://openalex.org/I31746571"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5101850394"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183935753"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":10.6183,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":109,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98975005,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":96,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"21","issue":"10","first_page":"7897","last_page":"7912"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10586","display_name":"Robotic Path Planning Algorithms","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10586","display_name":"Robotic Path Planning Algorithms","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11133","display_name":"UAV Applications and Optimization","score":0.996999979019165,"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/T10191","display_name":"Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization","score":0.9908000230789185,"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"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7158132791519165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/motion-planning","display_name":"Motion planning","score":0.6071054935455322},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quantum","display_name":"Quantum","score":0.4894777536392212},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.4083330035209656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.2530980110168457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robot","display_name":"Robot","score":0.15800261497497559},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/physics","display_name":"Physics","score":0.11577662825584412}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7158132791519165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81074085","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366872","display_name":"Motion planning","level":3,"score":0.6071054935455322},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C84114770","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46344","display_name":"Quantum","level":2,"score":0.4894777536392212},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.4083330035209656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.2530980110168457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90509273","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11012","display_name":"Robot","level":2,"score":0.15800261497497559},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.11577662825584412},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/twc.2022.3162749","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/twc.2022.3162749","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S63459445","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications","issn_l":"1536-1276","issn":["1536-1276","1558-2248"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3748896975","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"CSC201908350102","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322725","funder_display_name":"China Scholarship Council"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322725","display_name":"China Scholarship Council","ror":"https://ror.org/04atp4p48"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":48,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1967514042","https://openalex.org/W1969481767","https://openalex.org/W1994630055","https://openalex.org/W2003806850","https://openalex.org/W2110528183","https://openalex.org/W2112111592","https://openalex.org/W2117941808","https://openalex.org/W2121863487","https://openalex.org/W2133203703","https://openalex.org/W2141559645","https://openalex.org/W2145339207","https://openalex.org/W2153904265","https://openalex.org/W2155968351","https://openalex.org/W2161308859","https://openalex.org/W2170608991","https://openalex.org/W2173564293","https://openalex.org/W2201581102","https://openalex.org/W2206169534","https://openalex.org/W2521267242","https://openalex.org/W2793798239","https://openalex.org/W2807900833","https://openalex.org/W2863849698","https://openalex.org/W2885421746","https://openalex.org/W2921881548","https://openalex.org/W2948019083","https://openalex.org/W2962726494","https://openalex.org/W2963477884","https://openalex.org/W2964042997","https://openalex.org/W2964107145","https://openalex.org/W2969525674","https://openalex.org/W2969731533","https://openalex.org/W2990961515","https://openalex.org/W2991026280","https://openalex.org/W2999912861","https://openalex.org/W3009836639","https://openalex.org/W3045638648","https://openalex.org/W3088314401","https://openalex.org/W3116767353","https://openalex.org/W3130292943","https://openalex.org/W3132105662","https://openalex.org/W3133779704","https://openalex.org/W3134827716","https://openalex.org/W3148685027","https://openalex.org/W3168655568","https://openalex.org/W3170139470","https://openalex.org/W4214717370","https://openalex.org/W4298169624","https://openalex.org/W6687681856"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W4391913857","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W4396701345","https://openalex.org/W2376932109","https://openalex.org/W2001405890","https://openalex.org/W4396696052"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"cellular-connected":[1],"unmanned":[2],"aerial":[3],"vehicle":[4],"(UAV)":[5],"network,":[6],"a":[7,29,76,81,119,127],"minimization":[8],"problem":[9],"on":[10],"the":[11,37,50,57,72,91,94,104,108,115,163,168],"weighted":[12],"sum":[13],"of":[14,25,60,167],"time":[15,100],"cost":[16],"and":[17,64,102,125,147,160,165,174],"expected":[18],"outage":[19],"duration":[20],"is":[21,33,87,134],"considered.":[22],"Taking":[23],"advantage":[24],"UAV\u2019s":[26],"adjustable":[27],"mobility,":[28],"UAV":[30,52,92],"navigation":[31,53,73],"approach":[32],"formulated":[34,51],"to":[35,56,89,141,156],"achieve":[36],"aforementioned":[38],"optimization":[39,43],"goal.":[40],"Conventional":[41],"offline":[42],"techniques":[44],"suffer":[45],"from":[46],"inefficiency":[47],"in":[48,176],"accomplishing":[49],"task":[54,74],"due":[55],"practical":[58],"consideration":[59],"local":[61],"building":[62],"distribution":[63],"directional":[65],"antenna":[66],"radiation":[67],"pattern.":[68],"Alternatively,":[69],"after":[70],"mapping":[71],"into":[75],"Markov":[77],"decision":[78],"process":[79],"(MDP),":[80],"deep":[82],"reinforcement":[83],"learning":[84],"(DRL)-aided":[85],"solution":[86,171],"proposed":[88,169],"help":[90,114],"find":[93],"optimal":[95],"flying":[96],"direction":[97],"within":[98],"each":[99],"slot,":[101],"thus":[103],"designed":[105],"trajectory":[106],"towards":[107],"destination":[109],"can":[110],"be":[111],"generated.":[112],"To":[113],"DRL":[116],"agent":[117],"commit":[118],"better":[120],"trade-off":[121],"between":[122],"sampling":[123],"priority":[124],"diversity,":[126],"novel":[128],"quantum-inspired":[129],"experience":[130],"replay":[131],"(QiER)":[132],"framework":[133],"proposed,":[135],"via":[136],"relating":[137],"experienced":[138],"transition\u2019s":[139],"importance":[140],"its":[142],"associated":[143],"quantum":[144],"bit":[145],"(qubit)":[146],"applying":[148],"Grover":[149],"iteration":[150],"based":[151],"amplitude":[152],"amplification":[153],"technique.":[154],"Compared":[155],"several":[157],"representative":[158],"DRL-related":[159],"non-learning":[161],"baselines,":[162],"effectiveness":[164],"supremacy":[166],"DRL-QiER":[170],"are":[172],"demonstrated":[173],"validated":[175],"numerical":[177],"results.":[178]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":37},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":48},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-04-07T14:57:38.498316","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}