2018/08/15 by Sabur Baidya, Baidya, Sabur, Zoheb Shaikh +3 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Engineering · #Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) #Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks #UAV Applications and Optimization
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1808.04967
openalex publication_date 2018/08/15 · openalex created_date 2022/08/04 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems are being increasingly used in a broad\nrange of applications requiring extensive communications, either to\ninterconnect the UAVs with each other or with ground resources. Focusing either\non the modeling of UAV operations or communication and network dynamics,\navailable simulation tools fail to capture the complex interdependencies\nbetween these two aspects of the problem. The main contribution of this paper\nis a flexible and scalable open source simulator -- FlyNetSim -- bridging the\ntwo domains. The overall objective is to enable simulation and evaluation of\nUAV swarms operating within articulated multi-layered technological ecosystems,\nsuch as the Urban Internet of Things (IoT). To this aim, FlyNetSim interfaces\ntwo open source tools, ArduPilot and ns-3, creating individual data paths\nbetween the devices operating in the system using a publish and subscribe-based\nmiddleware. The capabilities of FlyNetSim are illustrated through several\ncase-study scenarios including UAVs interconnecting with a multi-technology\ncommunication infrastructure and intra-swarm ad-hoc communications.\n