The uniqueness of UAV swarm communications lies in the fact that system performance is no longer determined solely by a single communication link, but is jointly affected by node mobility, network topology, mission coordination, and sensing feedback. High-speed three-dimensional movement and dynamic cooperative missions cause channel conditions, topological relationships, and information demands to change simultaneously, requiring communication systems to jointly balance link reliability, information freshness, and network scalability.

Regular conference sessions often cannot systematically address the interactions among different technical layers in UAV swarm scenarios. The novelty of this special session lies in integrating advanced physical-layer communications, swarm access and routing, emerging communication receiver paradigms, and integrated sensing and communication into a unified UAV swarm framework. It highlights cross-layer coordination among signals, waveforms, protocols, and sensing functions. This session will help bridge traditionally separated research directions and promote the transition from isolated technical optimization to system-level joint design driven by UAV swarm mission requirements.

Topics:

1. Novel waveform design for highly mobile UAV swarms over doubly selective channels, including OTFS, OFDM, and AFDM;
2. Channel modeling and estimation, modulation and demodulation, and signal detection in high-mobility UAV scenarios;
3. Channel equalization, interference cancellation, and low-complexity transceiver design for severe Doppler spreading and rapidly time-varying channels;
4. Communication protocol design, network architecture, and radio resource allocation and management for UAV swarms;
5. Multiple access, random access, and clustering mechanisms for large-scale UAV swarms;
6. Routing, topology control, and multi-hop transmission for UAV swarms with highly dynamic network topologies;
7. AI- and machine-learning-enabled waveform selection, channel estimation, access control, and resource optimization;
8. Emerging wireless communication receiver paradigms and related technologies, such as Rydberg atomic receivers;
9. Integrated sensing and communication technologies for UAV swarms;
10. Hardware implementation, field trials, and standardization of advanced communication technologies for UAV swarms.

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Short Biography of Organizers

Prof. Yang Xin, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Yang Xin received his B. Eng. and M. Eng., in communications engineering from Xidian University in 2011 and 2014. Then he received Ph.D. degrees in communications engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University in 2018. Currently he is a professor majored in information and communication engineering of Northwestern Polytechnical University. His research interests include wireless communication networks and protocol design.

Dr. Jincheng Shi, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Prof. Lili Chen, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China