Robot Swarm Communication Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Applications

Ming Li; Min Chen; Kejie Lu; Shiwen  Mao; Hua  Zhu; B. Prabhakaran

ChinaCom2008-Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium

Research Article

Robot Swarm Communication Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Applications

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    author={Ming Li and Min Chen and Kejie Lu and Shiwen  Mao and Hua  Zhu and B. Prabhakaran},
    title={Robot Swarm Communication Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Applications},
    proceedings={ChinaCom2008-Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={CHINACOM2008-WCN},
    year={2008},
    month={11},
    keywords={Robot swarm wireless mesh networks},
    doi={10.1109/CHINACOM.2008.4684993}
}

Ming Li
Min Chen
Kejie Lu
Shiwen Mao
Hua Zhu
B. Prabhakaran
Year: 2008
Robot Swarm Communication Networks: Architectures, Protocols, and Applications
CHINACOM2008-WCN
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CHINACOM.2008.4684993

Ming Li¹^,*, Min Chen²^,*, Kejie Lu³^,*, Shiwen Mao⁴^,*, Hua Zhu⁵^,*, B. Prabhakaran⁶^,*

1: Department of Computer Science California State University, Fresno Fresno, CA 93740, USA
2: Department of ECE University of British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
3: Department of ECE University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681
4: Department of ECE Auburn University Auburn, AL 36849, USA
5: San Diego Research Center San Diego, CA 92121 USA
6: Department of Computer Science The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX 75080, USA

*Contact email: mingli@csufresno.edu, minchen@ece.ubc.ca, lukejie@uprm.edu, smao@ieee.org, hua.zhu@argonst.com, praba@utdallas.edu

Abstract

There have been increasing interests in deploying a team of robots, or robot swarms, to fulfill certain complicated tasks such as surveillance. Since robot swarms may move to areas of far distance, it is important to have a pervasive networking environment for communications among robots, administrators, and mobile users. For this purpose, we propose to build a wireless mesh network as the wireless backbone within the areas of special interest. One or more robots can get connected with a nearby mesh router and access the remote server. Within each swarm, a self-organizing mobile ad hoc network is formed. With this type of robot swarm communication network, there are many important open issues to be addressed.

Keywords: Robot swarm wireless mesh networks

Published: 2008-11-21
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CHINACOM.2008.4684993