Title :
Application of Cooperative Wireless Networks in Reducing Power Consumption of Robots Exploring a Planet
Author :
McLelland, Michael K. ; Emamian, Vahid
Author_Institution :
Southwest Res. Inst., San Antonio
Abstract :
This paper presents the comparison of the average amounts of power consumed by robots in a standard network that uses single-hop transmission and a cooperative network that uses two-hop transmission. It is shown that the ratio of the average power consumptions in the two networks depends on the number of cooperating robots on average that are available for the source and the destination, and the propagation channel. It is shown that robots in a cooperative network significantly consume less power on average.
Keywords :
cooperative systems; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; cooperating robots; cooperative network; cooperative wireless networks; power consumption reduction; single-hop transmission; two-hop transmission; Energy consumption; Fading; Humans; IEEE members; Planets; Protocols; Relays; Robot sensing systems; Shadow mapping; Wireless networks; Cooperative Networks; Power Consumption; Robotic Exploration of Planet;
Conference_Titel :
System of Systems Engineering, 2007. SoSE '07. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1159-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1160-2
DOI :
10.1109/SYSOSE.2007.4304234
