Securing the Skies: An IRS-Assisted AoI-Aware Secure Multi-UAV System with Efficient Task Offloading
<|reference_start|>Securing the Skies: An IRS-Assisted AoI-Aware Secure Multi-UAV System with Efficient Task Offloading: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are integral in various sectors like agriculture, surveillance, and logistics, driven by advancements in 5G. However, existing research lacks a comprehensive approach addressing both data freshness and security concerns. In this paper, we address the intricate challenges of data freshness, and security, especially in the context of eavesdropping and jamming in modern UAV networks. Our framework incorporates exponential AoI metrics and emphasizes secrecy rate to tackle eavesdropping and jamming threats. We introduce a transformer-enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) approach to optimize task offloading processes. Comparative analysis with existing algorithms showcases the superiority of our scheme, indicating its promising advancements in UAV network management.<|reference_end|>
@article{joshi2024securing,
    title={Securing the Skies: An IRS-Assisted AoI-Aware Secure Multi-UAV System
  with Efficient Task Offloading},
    author={Poorvi Joshi (1), Alakesh Kalita (2), Mohan Gurusamy (1) ((1) National
  University of Singapore, (2) Singapore University of Technology and Design)},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.04692},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2404.04692},
    primaryClass={eess.SY cs.CR cs.LG cs.NI cs.SY}
}