Ensuring network connectivity during formation control using a decentralized navigation function

Proceedings - IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 531-536

  Kan, Z ^a   Dani, A P ^a   Shea, J M ^b   Dixon, W E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY MAINTENANCE; DECENTRALIZED NAVIGATION; FORMATION CONTROL; NAVIGATION FUNCTIONS; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK;

NAVIGATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 79951589980     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MILCOM.2010.5680411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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