Paper Info
Title
Reducing communication detection and eavesdropping using mobile agent relay networks
Abstract
Although mobile wireless communication provides connectivity where hardwired links are difficult or impractical, environmental conditions can still hinder communications. Increasing transmission power reduces battery life and increases susceptibility to eavesdropping. Adding stationary repeater nodes is impractical for highly mobile users in dangerous environments. Using remotely-controlled mobile relay nodes requires centralized control schemes which and adds network traffic overhead and introduces a single point of failure at the controller. An alternative is to create a Mobile Agent Relay Network (MARN). Each autonomous node in the MARN is an agent that decides where to move to maintain the network connectivity using only locally available information from onboard sensors and communication with in-range neighbor nodes. MARN agents form and maintain a communication network that provides connectivity for users while reducing the overall radio frequency footprint, minimizing the likelihood of detection and eavesdropping. We characterize the footprint reduction both theoretically and in simulation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/WSC.2010.5678978
Winter Simulation Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
network traffic overhead,overall radio frequency footprint,mobile user,marn agents form,network connectivity,communication detection,autonomous node,mobile agent,mobile agent relay network,footprint reduction,communication network,mobile wireless communication,radio frequency,multiagent systems,nodes,sensors,robots,mobile computing,mobile communication,simulation,wireless communication,robotics
Mobile computing,Mobile radio,Wireless,Telecommunications network,Eavesdropping,Computer science,Mobile agent,Computer network,Repeater,Mobile telephony
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0891-7736
978-1-4244-9864-2
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
4
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hyon Kwak100.34
Brett Borghetti251.65