As a new service framework, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted mobile edge computing (MEC) can provide users and IoT terminals in remote areas with computing-intensive tasks. However, due to the limitation of the UAV’s own power, it is difficult to sustain its services for a long time. To improve the computing offloading capability of the system and the energy efficiency of UAVs, a UAV-assisted computing offloading strategy is designed, which is based on terminal power control and UAV trajectory optimization technology. The strategy establishes a composite optimization function that combines the offloading rate together with the comprehensive energy consumption of UAVs. Through simulation analysis, the superiority of the designed UAV-assisted MEC offloading strategy is verified.
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