Network Topology Construction method for UAV Swarm Systems Based on Topology Duration Maximization

For UAV swarm systems, cooperative operation and mission performance of UAV nodes strongly depend on the network topology. In this paper, we propose a network topology construction method for UAV swarm network with the maximum topology duration as the optimal objective and network communication requirements, including the throughput and end-to-end transmission delay as the constraints. Simulation results show that the proposed method can improve the average network topology duration by more than 128% compared to the traditional topology construction method that does not consider the network topology duration.