Providing full connectivity in large ad-hoc networks by dynamic placement of aerial platforms Export

@proceedings{citeulike:1895994, abstract = {In this paper we address the problem of providing full connectivity to disconnected ground MANET nodes by dynamically placing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to act as relay nodes. We provide a heuristic algorithm to find the minimal number of such aerial vehicles required to provide fall connectivity and find the corresponding locations for these aerial platforms (UAVs). We also track the movement of the ground nodes and update the location of the UAVs. We describe a communication framework that enables the ground nodes to communicate with its peer ground nodes as well as the UAVs that act as relay nodes. The communication architecture is designed to work with existing MANET routing protocols.}, author = {Chandrashekar, K. and Dekhordi, M. R. and Baras, J. S.}, booktitle = {Military Communications Conference, 2004. MILCOM 2004. IEEE}, citeulike-article-id = {1895994}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1495151}, journal = {Military Communications Conference, 2004. MILCOM 2004. IEEE}, keywords = {gw\_positioning}, pages = {1429--1436 Vol. 3}, posted-at = {2007-11-10 20:47:40}, priority = {2}, title = {Providing full connectivity in large ad-hoc networks by dynamic placement of aerial platforms}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1495151}, volume = {3}, year = {2004} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:1895994 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1895994 N2 - In this paper we address the problem of providing full connectivity to disconnected ground MANET nodes by dynamically placing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to act as relay nodes. We provide a heuristic algorithm to find the minimal number of such aerial vehicles required to provide fall connectivity and find the corresponding locations for these aerial platforms (UAVs). We also track the movement of the ground nodes and update the location of the UAVs. We describe a communication framework that enables the ground nodes to communicate with its peer ground nodes as well as the UAVs that act as relay nodes. The communication architecture is designed to work with existing MANET routing protocols. JF - Military Communications Conference, 2004. MILCOM 2004. IEEE EP - 1436 Vol. 3 TI - Providing full connectivity in large ad-hoc networks by dynamic placement of aerial platforms VL - 3 T2 - Military Communications Conference, 2004. MILCOM 2004. IEEE SP - 1429 KW - gw_positioning AU - Chandrashekar, K AU - Dekhordi, MR AU - Baras, JS PY - 2004/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1495151 ER -