The LSTS software toolchain for persistent Maritime Operations applied through Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2017-07

Authors

António Ferreira (Author) FEUP; José Queirós Pinto (Author) FEUP; Paulo Sousa Dias (Author) FEUP; João Tasso Sousa (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2017 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2017

Pages: 609-616

2017 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2017

13 June 2017 through 16 June 2017

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Authenticus ID: P-00N-95B

DOI: 10.1109/icuas.2017.7991471

Abstract (EN): In order to further expand the sustainability of maritime operations the use of autonomous vehicles has been employed at an increasing scale. This natural increase comes not only in the form of the multiplication of the numbers of the same vehicle model, but also in diversifying the vehicle composition setup in order to allow the exploitation of different types of payloads. Moreover, this use of heterogeneous multi-vehicle teams allows overcoming individual limitations that one specific vehicle model might have. Nevertheless, this increase in scale and functionality also causes an increase in control, management, and spatial and operational complexity. This complexity is addressed in the framework of the LSTS Neptus-IMC-Dune software toolchain. The software toolchain is a framework for mixed-initiative control (humans in the planning and control loops) of unmanned ocean and air vehicles operating in communications challenged environments with support for Disruptive Tolerant Networking (DTN) protocols. The use of such a toolchain has allowed for repeated and successful deployments of heterogeneous multi-vehicle teams. The paper reports these deployments together with an in-depth description of the toolchain.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8