Research Article
Challenges in Realizing Ad-Hoc Networks based on Wireless LAN with Mobile Robots
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.WIOPT2008.3209, author={Florian Zeiger and Nikolaus Kraemer and Markus Sauer and Klaus Schilling}, title={Challenges in Realizing Ad-Hoc Networks based on Wireless LAN with Mobile Robots}, proceedings={1st Workshop on Wireless Multihop Communications in Networked Robotics}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={WMCNR}, year={2008}, month={8}, keywords={Ad hoc networks Communication industry Mobile communication Mobile robots Network topology Prototypes Service robots System testing Wireless LAN Wireless communication}, doi={10.4108/ICST.WIOPT2008.3209} }- Florian Zeiger
Nikolaus Kraemer
Markus Sauer
Klaus Schilling
Year: 2008
Challenges in Realizing Ad-Hoc Networks based on Wireless LAN with Mobile Robots
WMCNR
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.WIOPT2008.3209
Abstract
Modern applications of mobile robot teams or robot teleoperation often demand wireless any-to-any communication in combination with highly dynamical network topologies to accomplish more and more complex tasks. Nowadays, often WLAN is used to provide wireless communication for prototype system, for research testbeds, and also for commercial and industrial applications. The application of WLAN ad-hoc networks for teams of mobile-robots and human offers a lot of potential to fulfill the demands of such systems for a flexible, dynamic and efficient communication network. On the other hands new challenges rise when using ad-hoc networks. This contribution gives an overview about scenarios where these adhoc networks are advantageous and why it is an promising approach. This overview includes the available and implemented technologies which can be applied and how this technologies can be analyzed and evaluated. For the special case of mobile robot teleoperation a brief presentation of the behavior of different adhoc routing protocols is given and important aspects are discussed exemplarily.