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MoMo: a group mobility model for future generation mobile wireless networks
Existing group mobility models were not designed to meet the requirements for
accurate simulation of current and future short distance wireless networks
scenarios, that need, in particular, accurate, up-to-date informa- tion on the
position of each node in the network, combined with a simple and flexible
approach to group mobility modeling. A new model for group mobility in wireless
networks, named MoMo, is proposed in this paper, based on the combination of a
memory-based individual mobility model with a flexible group behavior model.
MoMo is capable of accurately describing all mobility scenarios, from
individual mobility, in which nodes move inde- pendently one from the other, to
tight group mobility, where mobility patterns of different nodes are strictly
correlated. A new set of intrinsic properties for a mobility model is proposed
and adopted in the analysis and comparison of MoMo with existing models. Next,
MoMo is compared with existing group mobility models in a typical 5G network
scenario, in which a set of mobile nodes cooperate in the realization of a
distributed MIMO link. Results show that MoMo leads to accurate, robust and
flexible modeling of mobility of groups of nodes in discrete event simulators,
making it suitable for the performance evaluation of networking protocols and
resource allocation algorithms in the wide range of network scenarios expected
to characterize 5G networks.Comment: 25 pages, 17 figure
GUARDIANS final report
Emergencies in industrial warehouses are a major concern for firefghters. The large dimensions together with the development of dense smoke that drastically reduces visibility, represent major challenges. The Guardians robot swarm is designed to assist fire fighters in searching a
large warehouse. In this report we discuss the technology developed for a swarm of robots searching and assisting fire fighters. We explain the swarming algorithms which provide the functionality by which the robots react to and follow humans while no communication is required. Next we
discuss the wireless communication system, which is a so-called mobile ad-hoc network. The communication network provides also one of the means to locate the robots and humans. Thus the robot swarm is able to locate itself and provide guidance information to the humans. Together with
the re ghters we explored how the robot swarm should feed information back to the human fire fighter. We have designed and experimented with interfaces for presenting swarm based information to human beings
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