Abstract
Mobile robots can be used as mobile hubs to provide communication services on-demand. This capability is especially valuable in disaster response scenarios where there is no communication infrastructure. In such scenarios, mobile hubs can provide a communication infrastructure in a dynamic fashion.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 6051499 |
Pages (from-to) | 171-176 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2012 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Manuscript received August 07, 2011; accepted September 19, 2011. Date of publication October 18, 2011; date of current version December 29, 2011. This paper was recommended for publication by Editor S. Sarma upon evaluation of the reviewers’ comments. This work was supported in part by the NSF IIS-0917676, NSF CCF-0907658, NSF CNS-0936710, NCF INT-0422775 and NCF CCF-0514950.
Keywords
- Data mules
- Robotic routers
- Sensor networks