IMC: A Communication Protocol for Networked Vehicles and Sensors

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2009

Authors

Ricardo Martins (Author) Other; Paulo Sousa Dias (Author) Other; Eduardo R B Marques (Author) Other; Jose Pinto (Author) FEUP; Joao B Sousa (Author) FEUP; Fernando L Pereira (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: OCEANS 2009 - EUROPE, VOLS 1 AND 2

Pages: 1263-1268

OCEANS 2009 Conference

Bremen, GERMANY, MAY 11-14, 2009

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Environmental engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences

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Authenticus ID: P-003-RHB

DOI: 10.1109/oceanse.2009.5278245

Abstract (EN): This paper presents the Inter-Module Communication (IMC) protocol, a message-oriented protocol designed and implemented in the Underwater Systems and Technology Laboratory (LSTS) to build interconnected systems of vehicles, sensors and human operators that are able to pursue common goals cooperatively by exchanging real-time information about the environment and updated objectives. IMC abstracts hardware and communication heterogeniety by providing a shared set of messages that can be serialized and transferred over different means. The described protocol contrasts with other existing application level protocols by not imposing or assuming a specific software architecture for client applications. Native support can be automatically generated for different programming languages and/or computer architectures resulting in optimized code which can be used both for networked nodes and also for inter-process and inter-thread communication. The protocol has already been tested throughout various experiments led by LSTS where it has taken care of communications between vehicles, sensors and operator consoles. We are now developing the protocol in the direction of having multi-vehicle cooperation using live data from environmental sensors and mixed-initiative user interaction.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6