Low-Altitude Fluid Antenna Network with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.27909v1
• Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:27:44 GMT
• Title: Low-Altitude Fluid Antenna Network with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
• Abstract summary: We study the fast and high-performance reconfiguration for low-altitude FA networks with multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL)<n>Our case study shows that joint FA positions and beamforming optimization can enhance the system sum-rate by 118.5%, compared to the fixed position baseline.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Low-altitude wireless networks (LAWNs) integrate terrestrial and aerial platforms to provide ubiquitous communication, sensing, and localization services for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. However, dynamic air-ground and air-air channels, abrupt blockages, and heterogeneous interference hinder the realization of this goal. Nevertheless, fluid antenna (FA), a cutting-edge multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technique, overcomes these challenges by reconfiguring antenna positions to unlock additional spatial degrees-of-freedom. In this paper, towards bringing low-altitude FA networks into reality, we study the fast and high-performance FA reconfiguration for low-altitude FA networks with multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL). Specifically, we present an electromagnetic digital twin (EM-DT)-assisted MARL framework. To fill the sim-to-real gap, we introduce a two-stage transfer learning framework. Our case study shows that joint FA positions and beamforming optimization can enhance the system sum-rate by 118.5%, compared to the fixed position baseline. This gain comes from the dynamic millisecond timescale reconfiguration of FA arrays and the adaptive steering of beams toward aerial users with mobility.

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