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Table 1 Summary of symbols and notations

From: Actor-critic learning-based energy optimization for UAV access and backhaul networks

Notation

Description

\(L_t, L_r\)

Number of transmitting, receiving antennas in UAV

\(K_n, {{\mathcal {K}}}_n\)

Number and set of users in cluster n

\(G_n, {{\mathcal {G}}}_n\)

Number and set of groups in cluster n

\(K_{g,n}, {{\mathcal {K}}}_{g,n}\)

Number and set of users in group g of cluster n

\(q_{k}, D\)

Demands of user k and total demands

\(T_{max}\)

Time limitation for each task (in seconds)

\(I, {{\mathcal {I}}}\)

Number and set of timeslots in each frame

\(\Phi\)

Duration of each timeslot (in seconds)

\(\mu\)

Water-filling level

\(e^{bh}(\mu )\)

Backhaul energy

\(d^{bh}(\mu )\)

Transmitted data in backhaul link

\(e^{hov}\)

Hovering energy at each timeslot

\(e_g\)

Communication energy for group g at each timeslot

\(d_{k,g}\)

Transmitted data for user k in group g at each timeslot