DFM: A Distributed Flocking Model for UAV Swarm Networks

IEEE Access

Huibin Wang¹  Fei Dai¹  Lei Lei²  Ming Chen² 

[1] Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing, China;Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China;

关键词: UAV network;    flocking;    distributed model;    Wi-Fi communication;   

DOI  :  10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2880485

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Flocking of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network refers to utilize the node's autonomous mobility to satisfy the principle of cohesion, separation, and alignment. A network with flocking ensures the connectivity between high-speed UAV nodes and simplifies the design of various swarm applications. In this paper, we propose a novel distributed flocking model for UAV swarm networks. The model follows the Boid principle and establishes the master-slave transmission mode among the nodes. The slave node performs the distributed autonomous regulation. An effective flocking method is proposed, which is based on the positioning and communication capabilities of Wi-Fi. The slave node can sense and adjust their distance and direction from the master node. The simulation and experimental results show that our model can guarantee the connectivity between all nodes and has 1.4× the network goodput gain outperforms the traditional flying ad hoc network.

【 授权许可】

Unknown