Backbone formation in MANETs via the leader-follower consensus: Overview

Author

Ruble, Z. ; Stefanovic, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

23-25 May 2011

Firstpage

1599

Lastpage

1605

Abstract

An overview of a theoretical study of distributed coordination between nodes in a Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) is presented with preliminary simulation observations. The main focus is placed on using an average consensus control law and its stability guarantees. First a linear control law is discussed, based on the Laplacian matrix of the underlying graph depicting the topology of a network of agents. Placing a weight to the control law has a role in preserving `connectedness´, in that when the nodes approach the maximum communication distance the link is not lost.

Keywords

Laplace equations; mobile ad hoc networks; stability; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication network topology; Laplacian matrix; MANET; agent network topology; average consensus control law; backbone formation; distributed coordination; graph; leader-follower consensus; linear control law; maximum communication distance; mobile ad hoc network; simulation observation; stability; Ad hoc networks; Delay; Laplace equations; Lead; Mobile computing; Network topology; Topology; MANETs; backbone formation; distributed control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control and Decision Conference (CCDC), 2011 Chinese

Conference_Location

Mianyang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8737-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCDC.2011.5968449

Filename

5968449