TY - GEN
T1 - MANET-issues and their effects on control applications
AU - Nikolakopoulos, George
AU - Panousopoulou, Athanasia
AU - Tzes, Anthony
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - This article presents a case-study on the utilization of the Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) relying on the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol in control applications. The effects of the: a) adopted routing protocol of the network, b) number of communication nodes, c) network geographical topology, d) latency time, and e) the loss of packets and packet reordering, on the stability and performance of a prototype control process is investigated. Furthermore, the multi-hopping capabilities of these MANETs suffer in the case where a large number of nodes are operational, triggering a deterioration in the system's performance. Extensive simulation studies indicate a need to adoptively adjust the gains of the used static controller caused by the packet-latency variations and the excessive packet losses.
AB - This article presents a case-study on the utilization of the Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) relying on the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol in control applications. The effects of the: a) adopted routing protocol of the network, b) number of communication nodes, c) network geographical topology, d) latency time, and e) the loss of packets and packet reordering, on the stability and performance of a prototype control process is investigated. Furthermore, the multi-hopping capabilities of these MANETs suffer in the case where a large number of nodes are operational, triggering a deterioration in the system's performance. Extensive simulation studies indicate a need to adoptively adjust the gains of the used static controller caused by the packet-latency variations and the excessive packet losses.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33847329787
SN - 078039402X
SN - 9780780394025
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA
SP - 369
EP - 376
BT - 10th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2005
T2 - 10th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2005
Y2 - 19 September 2005 through 22 September 2005
ER -