Decentralized task distribution among cooperative UAVs in surveillance systems applicationsShow others and affiliations
2010 (English)In: 2010 Seventh International Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services, New York: IEEE Press, 2010, p. 121-128Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Teams of small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are being largely proposed to be used in different areas for both military and civilian applications. Their integration in wider sensor networks is also being considered in order to provide a better cost-benefit ration. However, coordination among UAV teams is not a trivial problem in an ad hoc network. This paper presents a decentralized coordination strategy to orient the actions of a team of UAVs, which take part in a wider sensor network, relying on ad hoc network communication. The proposed sensors network inclused static sensors that issue alarms indicating the presence of possible targets that must be handled by one of the UAVs and possibly relay messages among them. Preliminary results of the proposed approach are presented and are contrasted with results provided by a centralized solution for the problem.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
New York: IEEE Press, 2010. p. 121-128
Keywords [en]
ad hoc network, cooperative UAVs, decentralized task distribution, small UAV teams, static sensors, surveillance system application, unmanned aerial vehicles, wider sensor networks, ad hoc networks, aerospace robotics, decentralised control, mobile robots, multi-robot systems, remotely operated vehicles, sensors
National Category
Communication Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-14168DOI: 10.1109/WONS.2010.5437123ISI: 000278436200019Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-77952153586ISBN: 978-1-4244-6059-5 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-14168DiVA, id: diva2:390287
Conference
7th International Conference on Wireless On-Demand Network Systems and Services Kranjska Gora, SLOVENIA, FEB 03-05, 2010
2011-01-212011-01-212020-05-26Bibliographically approved