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http://dx.doi.org/10.3745/JIPS.2012.8.3.471

Performance Evaluation of Multi-Hop Communication Based on a Mobile Multi-Robot System in a Subterranean Laneway  

Liu, Qing-Ling (Dept. of Computer and Software Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Oh, Duk-Hwan (Dept. of Computer and Software Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
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Journal of Information Processing Systems / v.8, no.3, 2012 , pp. 471-482 More about this Journal
Abstract
For disaster exploration and surveillance application, this paper aims to present a novel application of a multi-robot agent based on WSN and to evaluate a multi-hop communication caused by the robotics correspondingly, which are used in the uncertain and unknown subterranean tunnel. A Primary-Scout Multi-Robot System (PS-MRS) was proposed. A chain topology in a subterranean environment was implemented using a trimmed ZigBee2006 protocol stack to build the multi-hop communication network. The ZigBee IC-CC2530 modular circuit was adapted by mounting it on the PS-MRS. A physical experiment based on the strategy of PS-MRS was used in this paper to evaluate the efficiency of multi-hop communication and to realize the delivery of data packets in an unknown and uncertain underground laboratory environment.
Keywords
Multi-hop Communication; Wireless Sensor Network; Multi-Robot System; Disaster Exploration; ZigBee Technology; Underground Environment;
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