Connecting Disjoint Nodes Through a UAV-Based Wireless Network for Bridging Communication Using IEEE 802.11 Protocols
Abstract Cooperative aerial wireless networks composed of small unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) are easy and fast to deploy and provide on the fly communication facilities in situations where part of the communication infrastructure is destroyed and the survivors need to be rescued on emergency basis...
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| author | Hanif Ullah Mamun Abu-Tair Sally McClean Paddy Nixon Gerard Parr Chunbo Luo |
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| description | Abstract Cooperative aerial wireless networks composed of small unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) are easy and fast to deploy and provide on the fly communication facilities in situations where part of the communication infrastructure is destroyed and the survivors need to be rescued on emergency basis. In this article, we worked on such a cooperative aerial UAV-based wireless network to connect the two participating stations. The proposed method provides on the fly communication facilities to connect the two ground stations through a wireless access point (AP) mounted on a UAV using the IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n. We conducted our experiments both indoor and outdoor to investigate the performance of IEEE 802.11 protocol stack including a/b/g/n. We envisioned two different cases: line of sight (LoS) and non-line of sight (NLoS). In LoS, we consider three different scenarios with respect to UAV altitude and performed the experiments at different altitudes to measure the performance and applicability of the proposed system in catastrophic situations and healthcare applications. Similarly, for NLoS, we performed a single set of experiments in an indoor environment. Based on our observations from the experiments, 802.11n at 2.4 GHz outperforms the other IEEE protocols in terms of data rate followed by 802.11n at 5 GHz band. We also concluded that 802.11n is the more suitable protocol that can be practiced in disastrous situations such as rescue operations and healthcare applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0072210eba3e4c458545739ef2b416a62022-12-22T00:59:38ZengSpringerOpenEURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking1687-14992020-07-012020112010.1186/s13638-020-01727-zConnecting Disjoint Nodes Through a UAV-Based Wireless Network for Bridging Communication Using IEEE 802.11 ProtocolsHanif Ullah0Mamun Abu-Tair1Sally McClean2Paddy Nixon3Gerard Parr4Chunbo Luo5School of Computing, Ulster UniversitySchool of Computing, Ulster UniversitySchool of Computing, Ulster UniversitySchool of Computing, Ulster UniversitySchool of Computing Sciences, University of East AngliaDepartment of Computer Science, University of ExeterAbstract Cooperative aerial wireless networks composed of small unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) are easy and fast to deploy and provide on the fly communication facilities in situations where part of the communication infrastructure is destroyed and the survivors need to be rescued on emergency basis. In this article, we worked on such a cooperative aerial UAV-based wireless network to connect the two participating stations. The proposed method provides on the fly communication facilities to connect the two ground stations through a wireless access point (AP) mounted on a UAV using the IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n. We conducted our experiments both indoor and outdoor to investigate the performance of IEEE 802.11 protocol stack including a/b/g/n. We envisioned two different cases: line of sight (LoS) and non-line of sight (NLoS). In LoS, we consider three different scenarios with respect to UAV altitude and performed the experiments at different altitudes to measure the performance and applicability of the proposed system in catastrophic situations and healthcare applications. Similarly, for NLoS, we performed a single set of experiments in an indoor environment. Based on our observations from the experiments, 802.11n at 2.4 GHz outperforms the other IEEE protocols in terms of data rate followed by 802.11n at 5 GHz band. We also concluded that 802.11n is the more suitable protocol that can be practiced in disastrous situations such as rescue operations and healthcare applications.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13638-020-01727-zUAV-based wireless networkBridging communicationCooperative aerial wireless networksIEEE 802.11 standardsGround stations2.4 and 5 GHz band |
| spellingShingle | Hanif Ullah Mamun Abu-Tair Sally McClean Paddy Nixon Gerard Parr Chunbo Luo Connecting Disjoint Nodes Through a UAV-Based Wireless Network for Bridging Communication Using IEEE 802.11 Protocols EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking UAV-based wireless network Bridging communication Cooperative aerial wireless networks IEEE 802.11 standards Ground stations 2.4 and 5 GHz band |
| title | Connecting Disjoint Nodes Through a UAV-Based Wireless Network for Bridging Communication Using IEEE 802.11 Protocols |
| title_full | Connecting Disjoint Nodes Through a UAV-Based Wireless Network for Bridging Communication Using IEEE 802.11 Protocols |
| title_fullStr | Connecting Disjoint Nodes Through a UAV-Based Wireless Network for Bridging Communication Using IEEE 802.11 Protocols |
| title_full_unstemmed | Connecting Disjoint Nodes Through a UAV-Based Wireless Network for Bridging Communication Using IEEE 802.11 Protocols |
| title_short | Connecting Disjoint Nodes Through a UAV-Based Wireless Network for Bridging Communication Using IEEE 802.11 Protocols |
| title_sort | connecting disjoint nodes through a uav based wireless network for bridging communication using ieee 802 11 protocols |
| topic | UAV-based wireless network Bridging communication Cooperative aerial wireless networks IEEE 802.11 standards Ground stations 2.4 and 5 GHz band |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13638-020-01727-z |
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