3D Spatial Spectrum Prediction for Uav Networks Based on a Multi-Scale Temporal Model

An efficient 3D spatial spectrum prediction method is essential for UAV networks operating in highly heterogeneous spectrum environments, enabling UAVs to proactively navigate toward areas with abundant available spectrum and make decisions to access to idle ones in advance. This paper introduces a novel Multi-Scale Temporal model for 3D spatial spectrum prediction (MST-3DSSP) that comprehensively captures complex correlations across 3D spatial, frequency, and multi-scale temporal domains. Specifically, the proposed model incorporates a 3D Spatial-Frequency Fusion (3DS-FF) module to extract and fuse 3D spatial and frequency features, along with a MultiScale Temporal Extraction (MS-TE) module that combines BiLSTM and Transformer blocks to capture both small scale and large scale temporal dependencies. These two modules enable the model to understand the complex correlations across 3D spatial, frequency, and multi-scale temporal domains, thereby allowing for more accurate spectrum predictions. Extensive experiments on real-world spectrum datasets demonstrate that MST-3DSSP significantly outperforms existing spectrum prediction methods, achieving higher prediction accuracy and reduced errors, thus providing a robust solution for improving spectrum efficiency in UAV networks.