オンデマンド移動体無線インフラのためのネットワーク化マルチエージェントシステム
A Networked Multi-Agent System for Mobile Wireless Infrastructure on Demand
UAV群を動的に配置・経路制御し、要求された通信品質を維持するオンデマンド無線インフラを実現。シミュレーションと実機実験で有効性を検証した。
著者: Miguel Calvo-Fullana, Mikhail Gerasimenko, Daniel Mox, Leopoldo Agorio, Mariana del Castillo, Vijay Kumar, Alejandro Ribeiro, Juan Andres Bazerque
分類: cs.RO, cs.IT, math.IT, math.OC
原文アブストラクト
Despite the prevalence of wireless connectivity in urban areas around the globe, there remain numerous and diverse situations where connectivity is insufficient or unavailable. To address this, we introduce mobile wireless infrastructure on demand, a system of UAVs that can be rapidly deployed to establish an ad-hoc wireless network. This network has the capability of reconfiguring itself dynamically to satisfy and maintain the required quality of communication. The system optimizes the positions of the UAVs and the routing of data flows throughout the network to achieve this quality of service (QoS). By these means, task agents using the network simply request a desired QoS, and the system adapts accordingly while allowing them to move freely. We have validated this system both in simulation and in real-world experiments. The results demonstrate that our system effectively offers mobile wireless infrastructure on demand, extending the operational range of task agents and supporting complex mobility patterns, all while ensuring connectivity and being resilient to agent failures.
