DOI: https://doi.org/10.32515/2664-262X.2023.7(38).2.3-11

A Mobile Mesh-Network for Control a Swarm of Objects

Volodymyr Smirnov, Natalia Smirnova

About the Authors

Volodymyr Smirnov, Associate Professor, PhD in Technics (Candidate of Technics Sciences), Central Ukraіnian National Technical University, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, e-mail: swckntu@gmail.com, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4752-0527

Natalia Smirnova, Associate Professor, PhD in Technics (Candidate of Technics Sciences), Central Ukraіnian National Technical University, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5683-5766

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to develop an adaptive wireless mesh-network architecture for managing technological processes, robotic devices and other objects. The article describes the architecture of a wireless mesh-network. The concept of a wireless mesh-network is described. The mesh-network is self-organizing, adaptive, and to be work autonomously able. The presented wireless mesh node controller architecture is the basis for small control systems for many objects and a swarm of objects. The interaction of network nodes is carried out using several transceivers. Multiple transceivers allow for the separation of control traffic and data traffic on different channels. The protocol stack is optimized for the functioning of the mesh network. The topology of a mesh network can change dynamically. That is, network nodes can move in space without losing communication with each other. The current state of the network is updated with a period that depends on the rate of change of the network node in the space. The mesh network configuration strategy and algorithms allow you to effectively build a network topology and establish interaction between network nodes. There can be many objects in the network that can act as a relay. A repeater can be a network node and a special dedicated repeater node. The low cost of network nodes makes it possible to create a low-cost network for performing various functions of object control and data transmission. The network can be used to manage a swarm of objects. Proprietary software is used to increase the efficiency of forming routing tables taking into account cluster structures in a mesh network. The mesh network can be used to control IoT objects, robotic objects, as well as a variety of objects and control systems for various technological processes.

Keywords

mesh-network, swarm, architecture, protocol, controller, network node, cluster

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