UAV relay network to support WSN connectivity

Author

De Freitas, Edison Pignaton ; Heimfarth, Tales ; Netto, Ivayr Farah ; Lino, Carlos Eduardo ; Pereira, Carlos Eduardo ; Ferreira, Armando Morado ; Wagner, Flávio Rech ; Larsson, Tony

Author_Institution

IDE, Halmstad Univ., Halmstad, Sweden

fYear

2010

fDate

18-20 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

309

Lastpage

314

Abstract

An important problem in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is the occurrence of failures that lead to the disconnection of parts of the network, compromising the final results achieved by the WSN operation. A way to overcome such problem is to provide a reliable connection to support the connectivity via other types of nodes that communicate with the sensor nodes. This paper proposes the usage of a network composed by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as a relay network to guarantee the delivery of data produced by WSN nodes on the ground to the users. Results from simulations of the proposed technique are provided and discussed.

Keywords

aircraft instrumentation; remotely operated vehicles; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication network routing; wireless sensor networks; UAV relay network; WSN connectivity; data delivery; failure occurrence; reliable connection; unmanned aerial vehicles; wireless sensor networks; Base stations; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Peer to peer computing; Relays; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Wireless sensor networks; Network Connectivity; Networked Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; Relay Network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT), 2010 International Congress on

Conference_Location

Moscow

ISSN

2157-0221

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7285-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUMT.2010.5676621

Filename

5676621