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

fYear

2013

fDate

18-20 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

1744

Lastpage

1749

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, MILCOM 2013 - 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2013.295

Filename

6735877