Extended virtual spring mesh (EVSM): The distributed self-organizing mobile ad hoc network for area exploration

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5424-5437

  Derr, Kurt ^a   Manic, Milos ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobile ad hoc network (MANET); robot; self adaptive; self organizing; swarm; unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs); VSM network; wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

SELF ORGANIZING; SELF-ADAPTIVE; SWARM; UNMANNED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ALGORITHMS; MESH NETWORKING; MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS; ROBOTS; UNMANNED VEHICLES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 80053199760     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2130492     Document Type: Conference Paper

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