The invention discloses a self-adaptive image coding method based on U-shaped federal separation learning, and belongs to the technical field of image coding and unmanned aerial vehicle systems. According to the method, for an unmanned aerial vehicle
system with
limited resources and highly dynamic environment, a global image coding model is divided into three segments, a head network and a
tail network are deployed at each
client, and a main body network is deployed at an
edge server; a global image coding model is trained through a resource-adaptive U-shaped federal separation learning framework, and
client model aggregation is executed once every I rounds of segmentation training; the method comprises the following steps: firstly, analyzing the convergence of a training model, determining conditions required to be met by a training round, solving an objective function for minimizing
training time delay, determining segmentation
decision points and I of each
client, then carrying out training, and deploying the trained model at the client and an
edge server. According to the method, the optimal balance between the communication calculation
delay and the training convergence can be realized, and the
privacy protection, the resource adaptability and the image coding performance can be effectively considered.