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Main Authors: Chen, Junting, Li, Bowen, Sun, Hao, Cui, Shuguang, Pappas, Nikolaos
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01705
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author Chen, Junting
Li, Bowen
Sun, Hao
Cui, Shuguang
Pappas, Nikolaos
author_facet Chen, Junting
Li, Bowen
Sun, Hao
Cui, Shuguang
Pappas, Nikolaos
contents The emergence of dense, mission-driven aerial networks supporting the low-altitude economy presents unique communication challenges, including extreme channel dynamics and severe cross-tier interference. Traditional reactive communication paradigms are ill-suited to these environments, as they fail to leverage the network's inherent predictability. This paper introduces predictive communication, a novel paradigm transforming network management from reactive adaptation to proactive optimization. The approach is enabled by fusing predictable mission trajectories with stable, large-scale radio environment models (e.g., radio maps). Specifically, we present a hierarchical framework that decomposes the predictive cross-layer resource allocation problem into three layers: strategic (routing), tactical (timing), and operational (power). This structure aligns decision-making timescales with the accuracy levels and ranges of available predictive information. We demonstrate that this foresight-driven framework achieves an order-of-magnitude reduction in cross-tier interference, laying the groundwork for robust and scalable low-altitude communication systems.
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spellingShingle Predictive Communications for Low-Altitude Networks
Chen, Junting
Li, Bowen
Sun, Hao
Cui, Shuguang
Pappas, Nikolaos
Signal Processing
The emergence of dense, mission-driven aerial networks supporting the low-altitude economy presents unique communication challenges, including extreme channel dynamics and severe cross-tier interference. Traditional reactive communication paradigms are ill-suited to these environments, as they fail to leverage the network's inherent predictability. This paper introduces predictive communication, a novel paradigm transforming network management from reactive adaptation to proactive optimization. The approach is enabled by fusing predictable mission trajectories with stable, large-scale radio environment models (e.g., radio maps). Specifically, we present a hierarchical framework that decomposes the predictive cross-layer resource allocation problem into three layers: strategic (routing), tactical (timing), and operational (power). This structure aligns decision-making timescales with the accuracy levels and ranges of available predictive information. We demonstrate that this foresight-driven framework achieves an order-of-magnitude reduction in cross-tier interference, laying the groundwork for robust and scalable low-altitude communication systems.
title Predictive Communications for Low-Altitude Networks
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01705