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Abstract
This work tackles the physical layer security (PLS) problem of maximizing the
secrecy rate in heterogeneous UAV networks (HetUAVNs) under propulsion energy
constraints. Unlike prior studies that assume uniform UAV capabilities or
overlook energy-security trade-offs, we consider a realistic scenario where
UAVs with diverse payloads and computation resources collaborate to serve
ground terminals in the presence of eavesdroppers. To manage the complex
coupling between UAV motion and communication, we propose a hierarchical
optimization framework. The inner layer uses a semidefinite relaxation
(SDR)-based S2DC algorithm combining penalty functions and difference-of-convex
(d.c.) programming to solve the secrecy precoding problem with fixed UAV
positions. The outer layer introduces a Large Language Model (LLM)-guided
heuristic multi-agent reinforcement learning approach (LLM-HeMARL) for
trajectory optimization. LLM-HeMARL efficiently incorporates expert heuristics
policy generated by the LLM, enabling UAVs to learn energy-aware,
security-driven trajectories without the inference overhead of real-time LLM
calls. The simulation results show that our method outperforms existing
baselines in secrecy rate and energy efficiency, with consistent robustness
across varying UAV swarm sizes and random seeds.