Flying ad-hoc network application scenarios and mobility models

Armir Bujari, Carlos T Calafate, Juan-Carlos Cano, Pietro Manzoni, Claudio Enrico Palazzi and Daniele Ronzani

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2017, vol. 13, issue 10, 1550147717738192

Abstract: Flying ad-hoc networks are becoming a promising solution for different application scenarios involving unmanned aerial vehicles, like urban surveillance or search and rescue missions. However, such networks present various and very specific communication issues. As a consequence, there are several research studies focused on analyzing their performance via simulation. Correctly modeling mobility is crucial in this context and although many mobility models are already available to reproduce the behavior of mobile nodes in an ad-hoc network, most of these models cannot be used to reliably simulate the motion of unmanned aerial vehicles. In this article, we list the existing mobility models and provide guidance to understand whether they could be actually adopted depending on the specific flying ad-hoc network application scenarios, while discussing their advantages and disadvantages.

Keywords: Mobility model; unmanned aerial vehicles; flying ad-hoc networks; wireless communication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/1550147717738192

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