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Enhanced IEEE 802.11 MAC Protocol for Precision Formation Flying-Based Distributed Spacecraft

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In order to support precision formation flying missions, distributed spacecraft require inter-spacecraft communications with required performance. We present a hierarchical network architecture that supports both time-criticality for updating relative navigation measurements and flexibility for implementing various phases of mission operations. The architecture incorporates a reactive routing protocol with timely topology status, an enhanced IEEE 802.11 media access control protocol meeting the quality of service requirements, and single carrier-frequency domain equalization technique for reducing energy consumption. Our simulation results show that the proposed network architecture provides a fair tradeoff between time-criticality of services and flexibility of network topology among spacecraft.

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Acknowledgments

The work was partly funded by the 111 Project (B08038), EU FP7 Project MONICA (PIRSES-GA-2011-295222), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61372070), and the Open Research Fund of National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University (2012D01).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Service Networks, Xidian University, Xi’an , 710071, Shaanxi, China

    Kai Liang, Liqiang Zhao, Yalina Liu & Qingxue Liu

  2. National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing , 210096, Jiangsu, China

    Liqiang Zhao

  3. School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK

    Kun Yang

  4. Centre for Communication Systems Research (CCSR), University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK

    Zhili Sun

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Liang, K., Zhao, L., Liu, Y. et al. Enhanced IEEE 802.11 MAC Protocol for Precision Formation Flying-Based Distributed Spacecraft. Wireless Pers Commun 79, 375–388 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-014-1862-4

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