Maintaining connectivity in UAV swarm sensing

Teacy, W.T.L., Nie, J., McClean, S. and Parr, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9365-9132 (2010) Maintaining connectivity in UAV swarm sensing. In: 2010 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC'10. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA, pp. 1771-1776. ISBN 978-1-4244-8863-6

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Abstract

In many applications, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) provide an indispensable platform for gathering information about the situation on the ground. However, to maximise information gained about the environment, such platforms require increased autonomy to coordinate the actions of multiple UAVs. This has led to the development of flight planning and coordination algorithms designed to maximise information gain during sensing missions. However, these have so far neglected the need to maintain wireless network connectivity. In this paper, we address this limitation by enhancing an existing multi-UAV planning algorithm with two new features that together make a significant contribution to the state-of-the-art: (1) we incorporate an on-line learning procedure that enables UAVs to adapt to the radio propagation characteristics of their environment, and (2) we integrate flight path and network routing decisions, so that modelling uncertainty and the affect of UAV position on network performance is taken into account.

Item Type: Book Section
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Computing Sciences
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Smart Emerging Technologies
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Cyber Security Privacy and Trust Laboratory
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 24 Sep 2016 01:07
Last Modified: 14 Mar 2023 08:36
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/60527
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOMW.2010.5700246

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