The objective of this project is to investigate the use of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) as mobile, adaptive communications backbones for ground-based sensor networks. In this type of network, the UAVs provide communication connectivity to sensors that cannot communicate with each other because of terrain, distance, or other geographical constraints. In these situations, UAVs provide a vertical communication path for the sensors, thereby mitigating geographic obstacles often imposed on networks. With the proper use of UAVs, connectivity to a widely disbursed sensor network in rugged terrain is readily achieved. Our investigation has focused on networks where multiple cooperating UAVs are used to form a network backbone.
Cooperative UAV-Based Communications Backbone for Sensor Networks
2001
8 pages
Report
No indication
English
Computers, Control & Information Theory , Computer Software , Common Carrier & Satellite , Sensor networks , Communication networks , Adaptive systems , Network architecture , Networks , Research project , Network backbone , Unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) , Mobile backbone networks , Connectivity , Vertical communication path
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