Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Authorship by Chapter
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I Introduction to 802.11
- Part II 802.11 Quality of Service
- Part III 802.11 Security
- Part IV High Throughput 802.11
- Part V 802.11 Mesh Networks
- Part VI 802.11/Cellular Interworking
- Part VII Coexistence
- Part VIII 802.11 Network and Radio Resource Management
- Part IX 802.11 Range
- Part X 802.11 Hardware Design
- Part XI Wi-Fi Hotspots
- Part XII Wi-Fi Applications
- Chapter 30 A Discussion of 802.11 for Sensor Networks
- Chapter 31 Wi-Fi based Tracking Systems
- Chapter 32 Building the Mobile Computing Environment through Context-Aware Service Management
- Chapter 33 Experiments Using Small Unmanned Aircraft to Augment a Mobile Ad Hoc Network
- Part XIII Ultra WideBand (UWB)
- Part XIV Public Wireless Broadband
- Epilogue
- Index
Chapter 33 - Experiments Using Small Unmanned Aircraft to Augment a Mobile Ad Hoc Network
from Part XII - Wi-Fi Applications
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Authorship by Chapter
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I Introduction to 802.11
- Part II 802.11 Quality of Service
- Part III 802.11 Security
- Part IV High Throughput 802.11
- Part V 802.11 Mesh Networks
- Part VI 802.11/Cellular Interworking
- Part VII Coexistence
- Part VIII 802.11 Network and Radio Resource Management
- Part IX 802.11 Range
- Part X 802.11 Hardware Design
- Part XI Wi-Fi Hotspots
- Part XII Wi-Fi Applications
- Chapter 30 A Discussion of 802.11 for Sensor Networks
- Chapter 31 Wi-Fi based Tracking Systems
- Chapter 32 Building the Mobile Computing Environment through Context-Aware Service Management
- Chapter 33 Experiments Using Small Unmanned Aircraft to Augment a Mobile Ad Hoc Network
- Part XIII Ultra WideBand (UWB)
- Part XIV Public Wireless Broadband
- Epilogue
- Index
Summary
Small unmanned aircraft (UA) are an ideal addition to mobile ad hoc networking. An ad hoc network allows any two nodes to communicate either directly or through an arbitrary number of other nodes that act as relays. Ad hoc networks that include UA improve traditional ground-based networking through the added connectivity provided by the more prominent UA. The networking also extends the operational scope of the overall Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) beyond the limits of point-to-point and centralized communication architectures. As well, the ad hoc network increases the UAS operational range as communication can be extended across the set of networked UA and ground nodes. While these capabilities support a wide variety of applications, little prior work has fielded and tested the capabilities of such a system in practice. This chapter describes the implementation of a wireless mobile ad hoc network with radio nodes mounted at fixed sites, on ground vehicles, and in UA. The radio is an IEEE 802.11b/g (WiFi) wireless interface and is controlled by an embedded computer. The ad hoc routing protocol is an implementation of the Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) protocol. A network monitoring architecture is embedded into the nodes for detailed performance analysis and characterization. The following sections describe the network components in detail and provide performance data measured at a large-scale outdoor test bed.
Introduction
Communication networks between and through aerial vehicles are a mainstay of current battlefield communication.
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- Emerging Technologies in Wireless LANsTheory, Design, and Deployment, pp. 695 - 718Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007
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