Use of Artificial Potential Fields for UAV Guidance and Optimization of WLAN Communications
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Horner, Douglas P.
Healey, Anthony J.
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2004
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Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) are quickly
becoming an important part of regional military operations.
The use of standardized internet protocols enables a wide
variety of vehicles, sensors and peIXOMd to interoperate more
effectiveIy. For Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (Auv), they
permit a potentialIy great improvement to distribute outputs
from data intensive sensors like sonar and video to observers.
For a neet of AWs tasked with area underwater search and
survey, WLANs can facilitate situational awareness, re-tasking
and expedience,
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Mechanical Engineering
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The Center of AUV Research would like to acknowledge the sponsorship of Dr. Tom Swean with the Office of Naval Research under contract number N0001404WR The views presented in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Defense or it components.
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IEEE / OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles