Despite the prevalence of wireless connectivity in urban areas around the globe, there remain numerous and diverse situations where connectivity is insufficient or unavailable. To address this, we introduce mobile wireless infrastructure on demand, a system of UAVs that can be rapidly deployed to establish an ad-hoc wireless network. This network has the capability of reconfiguring itself dynamically to satisfy and maintain the required quality of communication. The system optimizes the positions of the UAVs and the routing of data flows throughout the network to achieve this quality of service (QoS). By these means, task agents using the network simply request a desired QoS, and the system adapts accordingly while allowing them to move freely. We have validated this system both in simulation and in real-world experiments. The results demonstrate that our system effectively offers mobile wireless infrastructure on demand, extending the operational range of task agents and supporting complex mobility patterns, all while ensuring connectivity and being resilient to agent failures.

翻译：尽管全球城市地区的无线连接已十分普及，但在众多不同场景中，连接性仍存在不足或缺失。为此，我们提出移动按需无线基础设施系统，该系统利用可快速部署的无人机群建立临时无线网络。该网络具备动态自重构能力，以满足并维持所需的通信质量。系统通过优化无人机位置及全网数据流的路由来实现服务质量（QoS）目标。基于此机制，使用网络的任务智能体仅需提出期望的QoS要求，系统即可自适应调整，同时允许智能体自由移动。我们通过仿真和实际实验验证了该系统。结果表明，本系统能有效提供移动按需无线基础设施，在确保连接性、抵御智能体故障的同时，扩展了任务智能体的操作范围并支持复杂的移动模式。