Abstract:
Smart Sensor Networks (S-nets) are groups of stationary agents (S-elements) which provide distributed sensing, computation, and communication in an environment. In order ...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Smart Sensor Networks (S-nets) are groups of stationary agents (S-elements) which provide distributed sensing, computation, and communication in an environment. In order to integrate information from individual agents and to efficiently transmit this information to other agents, these devices must be able to create local groups (S-clusters). A leadership protocol that creates static clusters has been previously proposed. Here, we further develop this protocol to allow for dynamic cluster updating. This accommodates on-the-fly network re-organization in response to environmental disturbances or the gain or loss of S-elements. We outline an informal argument for the correctness of this revised protocol. We describe our embedded system implementation of the leadership protocol in simulation and using a colony of robots. Finally, we present results demonstrating both implementations.
Published in: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004
Date of Conference: 26 April 2004 - 01 May 2004
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 27 September 2004
Print ISBN:0-7803-8232-3
Print ISSN: 1050-4729