TY - GEN
T1 - Optimal relay path selection and cooperative communication protocol for a swarm of UAVs
AU - Ho, Dac Tu
AU - Grøtli, Esten Ingar
AU - Shimamoto, Shigeru
AU - Johansen, Tor Arne
PY - 2012/12/1
Y1 - 2012/12/1
N2 - In many applications based on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), it is possible to establish a cluster of UAVs in which each UAV knows the other vehicle's position. Assuming that the common channel condition between any two nodes of UAVs is line-of-sight (LOS), the time and energy consumption for data transmission on each path that connecting two nodes may be estimated by a node itself. In this paper1, we use a modified Bellman-Ford algorithm to find the best selection of relay nodes in order to minimize the time and energy consumption for data transmission between any UAV node in the cluster and the UAV acting as the cluster head. This algorithm is applied with a proposed cooperative MAC protocol that is compatible with the IEEE 802.11 standard. The evaluations under data saturation conditions illustrate noticeable benefits in successful packet delivery ratio, average delay, and in particular the cost of time and energy.
AB - In many applications based on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), it is possible to establish a cluster of UAVs in which each UAV knows the other vehicle's position. Assuming that the common channel condition between any two nodes of UAVs is line-of-sight (LOS), the time and energy consumption for data transmission on each path that connecting two nodes may be estimated by a node itself. In this paper1, we use a modified Bellman-Ford algorithm to find the best selection of relay nodes in order to minimize the time and energy consumption for data transmission between any UAV node in the cluster and the UAV acting as the cluster head. This algorithm is applied with a proposed cooperative MAC protocol that is compatible with the IEEE 802.11 standard. The evaluations under data saturation conditions illustrate noticeable benefits in successful packet delivery ratio, average delay, and in particular the cost of time and energy.
KW - CSMA/CA 802.11
KW - Cooperative UAVs
KW - cooperative MAC protocol
KW - data relay network
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U2 - 10.1109/GLOCOMW.2012.6477822
DO - 10.1109/GLOCOMW.2012.6477822
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84875666574
SN - 9781467349413
T3 - 2012 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2012
SP - 1585
EP - 1590
BT - 2012 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2012
Y2 - 3 December 2012 through 7 December 2012
ER -
