Title :
Experimental performance analysis of two-hop aerial 802.11 networks
Author :
Yanmaz, Evsen ; Hayat, Samira ; Scherer, Jurgen ; Bettstetter, Christian
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Networked & Embedded Syst., Alpen-Adria-Univ. Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria
Abstract :
Small-scale multicopters operating as autonomous teams in the air are envisioned for aerial monitoring and transport of goods in a variety of applications, including disaster management and environmental monitoring. For such applications to become reality, a high-throughput wireless network is needed. This paper presents experimental performance results with commercially available quadrocopters communicating via IEEE 802.11a. In particular, we compare the infrastructure and mesh modes of 802.11 for one-hop and two-hop communications, thus analyzing network layer versus MAC layer relaying. Results illustrate that changes are required in the mesh mode to support applications demanding high throughput with low jitter.
Keywords :
access protocols; aircraft communication; autonomous aerial vehicles; helicopters; relay networks (telecommunication); wireless LAN; wireless mesh networks; IEEE 802.11a; MAC layer relaying; aerial monitoring; autonomous teams; disaster management; environmental monitoring; experimental performance analysis; goods transport; high-throughput wireless network; low jitter; mesh modes; network layer analysis; one-hop communications; quadrocopters; small-scale multicopters; two-hop aerial 802.11 networks; two-hop communications; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Mesh networks; Throughput; Wireless networks; 802.11; UAVs; aerial networks; drones; mesh networks; multicopters; quadrotors; vehicular networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
DOI :
10.1109/WCNC.2014.6953010