SAC-MS: Joint Slice Resource Allocation, User Association and UAV Trajectory Optimization with No-Fly Zone Constraints
With the rapid growth of user service demands, space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGINs) face challenges such as limited resources, complex connectivity, diverse service requirements, and no-fly zone (NFZ) constraints. To address these issues, this paper proposes a joint optimization approach under NFZ constraints, maximizing system utility by simultaneously optimizing user association, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) trajectory, and slice resource allocation. Due to the problem's non-convexity, it is decomposed into three subproblems: user association, UAV trajectory optimization, and slice resource allocation. To solve them efficiently, we design the iterative SAC-MS algorithm, which combines matching game theory for user association, sequential convex approximation (SCA) for UAV trajectory, and soft actor-critic (SAC) reinforcement learning for slice resource allocation. Simulation results show that SAC-MS outperforms TD3-MS, DDPG-MS, DQN-MS, and hard slicing, improving system utility by 10.53%, 13.17%, 31.25%, and 45.38%, respectively.
Authors
- Tingtian Pang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0640-4204)
- Geng Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9432-0563)
- Gang Jing
- Fang Sun
Institutions
- Shandong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sensors
- Published
- 2025-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/s25185833
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- UAV Applications and Optimization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.99
Funders
- Shandong University
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Shandong University of Science and Technology
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province