Title :
Control Processes and Ultra High Data Rates for Unmanned Autonomous Systems
Author :
Coleman, David M. ; Nelson, Weston ; Davis, Christopher C. ; Milner, Stuart D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
Advancements in the size, weight, power and cost of gigabit per second directional wireless communication networks and technologies are enabling C4ISR using a backbone of unmanned autonomous systems (UAS). In this paper, we focus on the control of a set of UASs (topology) that provide mobile base stations for tactical operations. We discuss a comprehensive control architecture based on our on-going research and development, and we provide results of simulation experiments designed to investigate the effectiveness of reconfiguration of topologies that use steerable, high data rate (gigabit per second) directional beams in terms of network performance.
Keywords :
command and control systems; error statistics; military communication; protocols; remotely operated vehicles; telecommunication network topology; C4ISR; UAS; comprehensive control architecture; directional beams; directional wireless communication networks; mobile base stations; network performance; tactical operations; ultrahigh data rates; unmanned autonomous systems; Bit error rate; Computer architecture; Network topology; Process control; Routing; Throughput; Topology; autonomous systems; communication; directional radios; networking; topology control;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, MILCOM 2013 - 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2013.295
