A reliable, delay bounded and less complex communication protocol for multicluster FANETs

作     者：Wajiya Zafar Bilal Muhammad Khan 

作者机构：National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Pakistan 

出 版 物：《Digital Communications and Networks》 (数字通信与网络（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第3卷第1期

页      面：30-38页

核心收录：

学科分类：080904[工学-电磁场与微波技术] 0810[工学-信息与通信工程] 0809[工学-电子科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 08[工学] 080402[工学-测试计量技术及仪器] 0804[工学-仪器科学与技术] 081001[工学-通信与信息系统] 

主　　题：FANETsIEEE 802.15.4ReliabilityLatency Multicluster 

摘      要：Recently, Flying Ad-hoc Networks （FANETs）, enabling ad-hoc networking between Unmanned Aerial Vehicles （UAVs） is gaining importance in several military and civilian applications. The sensitivity of the applications requires adaptive; efficient; delay bounded and scalable communication network among UAVs for data transmission. Due to communication protocol complexity; rigidity; cost of commercial-off-the-shelf （COT） components; limited radio bandwidth; high mobility and computational resources; maintaining the desired level of Quality of Service （QoS） becomes a daunting task. For the first time in this research we propose multicluster FANETs for efficient network management; the proposed scheme considerably reduces commu- nication cost and optimizes network performance as well as exploit low power; less complex and low cost IEEE 802.15.4 （MAC） protocol for intercluster and intracluster communication. In this research both beacon enabled mode and beaconless modes have been investigated with Guaranteed Time Slots （GTS） and virtual Time Division Multiple Access （TDMA） respectively. The methodology plays a key role towards reserving bandwidth for latency critical applications; eliminate collisions and medium access delays. Moreover analysis ad-hoc routing protocols including two proactive （OLSR, DSDV） and one reactive （AODV） is also presented. The results shows that the proposed scheme guarantees high packet delivery ratios while maintaining acceptable levels of latency requirements comparable with more complex and dedieatedly designed protocols in literature.