Directional ad hoc networking technology (DANTE) performance at sea

Author

Meagher, Christopher ; Olsen, Randall ; Cirullo, Christopher ; Ferro, Robert C. ; Stevens, Nathaniel ; Yu, Joonyoung

Author_Institution

Tactical Edge Wireless Networks, SPAWAR Syst. Center Pacific, San Diego, CA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

7-10 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

950

Lastpage

955

Abstract

SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific has spent several years developing directional wireless networks. These networks harness the power of highly directive antennas (range extension, higher data rates, lower power consumption, etc.) and have software to deal with the additional beam-steering complexity. The directional networking technology, DANTE, is outlined first. Three Trident Warrior at-sea tests of DANTE are then described, with summaries of each of their successes and limitations. Finally, we briefly relate ongoing DANTE-2 research efforts on the antennas and networking software.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; beam steering; directive antennas; DANTE performance; SPAWAR system center pacific; beam-steering complexity; directional ad hoc networking technology; directional wireless networks; directive antennas; Antenna radiation patterns; Directional antennas; Marine vehicles; Software; Throughput; Topology; MANET; directional antenna; directional networking; line-of-sight network; phased array;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE, 2011 - MILCOM 2011

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

ISSN

2155-7578

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0079-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2011.6127802

Filename

6127802