Wireless Networking and Control for
Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles:
Architectures, Protocols and Applications
co-located with
IEEE International Conference on Global Communications (GLOBECOM 2013)
IEEE International Conference on Global Communications (GLOBECOM 2013)
Aims and Scope
Unmanned autonomous systems are increasingly used in a large number of contexts to support humans in dangerous and difficult-to-reach environments: e.g. ground-based robotics, aerial sensor systems, space and underwater applications. In order to fulfill particularly challenging tasks, visionary scenarios foresee unmanned vehicles to be organized in networked teams and even swarms. The corresponding wireless networks need to provide highly reliable and delay-tolerant control links for the management of the behavior of the unmanned vehicles as well as data links to reliably transfer telemetry and sensor data respectively. At the same time, unmanned vehicles offer the capability to provide ad-hoc wireless networks, for example to facilitate temporary hot spots and compensate network outages in case of public events and emergencies. The focus of the workshop will be solely based on projects and research aiming at civilian applications.
List of Topics
- Communication architectures and protocols for unmanned autonomous vehicles
- Communication in challenging environments: air, underwater, etc., indoor/outdoor
- Ad-hoc networking, routing, handover and meshing
- Cooperation of ground, aerial and maritime unmanned vehicles
- Localization and vision based sense-and-avoid
- Interfaces and cross platform communication
- Agent based mobility, multi-platform control, cognitive capabilities and swarming
- Distributed control and path planning of unmanned vehicles
- Communication and system design
- Mini / Micro UAVs and enhanced Health Management
- Use of civilian networks for UVs communication
- Mission control centers and backend communication
- Advances in remote sensing: Miniaturization, low-weight and energy efficient communication
- QoS mechanisms and performance evaluation
- Results from prototypes, test-beds and demonstrations