Paper Info
Title
Network Connectivity And Area Coverage For Uav Fleet Mobility Model With Energy Constraint
Abstract
Our main focus through the present paper is on developing an original distributed mobility model for autonomous fleet of interconnected UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) performing an area exploration mission. The UAVs, equipped with wireless ad-hoc capabilities, are required to optimally explore an area while maintaining connectivity with their neighboring UAVs and the base station. Because energy is a scarce resource, especially for UAVs, its wise management is quite beneficial for the network lifetime and mission success. Hence, the proposed mobility model, compared to other models in the literature, is the first to ever include the remaining energy level as decision criterion combined with area coverage and network connectivity. Based on these criterions and the information received from its neighbors, each UAV determines, using the information received from its neighbors, its next movement to be undertaken. The performances of the proposed approach are compared with those achieved through a randomized approach and a forces-based approach. Simulation results, using NS3, show that it outperforms the two other models in terms of coverage and connectivity.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2016
2016 IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE
Mobility Model, Adhoc Networks, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), DTN (Delay Tolerant Networks)
Field
DocType
ISSN
Network connectivity,Base station,Algorithm design,Wireless,Computer science,Mobility model,Computer network,Real-time computing,Wireless ad hoc network,Energy constraint,Area coverage
Conference
1525-3511
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.50
6
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mohamed Ayoub Messous1317.00
Sidi-mohammed Senouci271249.26
Hichem Sedjelmaci321818.84