Abstract:
Wireless data transfer under high mobility, as found in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications, is a challenge due to varying channel quality and extended link outage...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Wireless data transfer under high mobility, as found in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications, is a challenge due to varying channel quality and extended link outages. We present FlowCode, an easily deployable link-layer solution utilizing multiple transmitters and receivers for the purpose of supporting existing transport protocols such as TCP in these scenarios. By using multiple transmitters and receivers and by exploiting the resulting antenna beam diversity and parallel transmission effects, FlowCode increases throughput and reception range. In emulation, we show that TCP over FlowCode gives greater goodput over a larger portion of the flight path, compared to an enhanced TCP protocol using the standard 802.11 MAC. In the process, we make a strong case for using trace-modulated emulation when developing distributed protocols for complex wireless environments.
Published in: 2011 Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN)
Date of Conference: 31 July 2011 - 04 August 2011
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 29 August 2011
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