Control of Communication Networks for Teams of UAVs

Abstract

The communication network is a fundamental component of a multi-UAV system. It enables exchanges in command and control messages and allows remotely sensed mission data to be sent to processing centers. Proper control of the network, the topic of this chapter, is critical for the system to function A. Kopeikin ( ) • S.S. Ponda • J.P. How Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Aerospace Controls Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA e-mail: kopeikin@MIT.EDU; sponda@alum.mit.edu; jhow@mit.edu K.P. Valavanis, G.J. Vachtsevanos (eds.), Handbook of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9707-1 19, © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 201 1619