@article{Amponis20211,

title = {Inter-UAV routing scheme testbeds},

author = { G. Amponis and T. Lagkas and P. Sarigiannidis and V. Vitsas and P. Fouliras},

url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347949781_Inter-UAV_Routing_Scheme_Testbeds},

doi = {10.3390/drones5010002},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-01-01},

journal = {Drones},

volume = {5},

number = {1},

pages = {1-17},

publisher = {MDPI AG},

abstract = {With the development of more advanced and efficient control algorithms and communication architectures, UAVs and networks thereof (swarms) now find applications in nearly all possible environments and scenarios. There exist numerous schemes which accommodate routing for such networks, many of which are specifically designed for distinct use-cases. Validation and evaluation of routing schemes is implemented for the most part using simulation software. This approach is however incapable of considering real-life noise, radio propagation models, channel bit error rate and signal-to-noise ratio. Most importantly, existing frameworks or simulation software cannot sense physical-layer related information regarding power consumption which an increasing number of routing protocols utilize as a metric. The work presented in this paper contributes to the analysis of already existing routing scheme evaluation frameworks and testbeds and proposes an efficient, universal and standardized hardware testbed. Additionally, three interface modes aimed at evaluation under different scenarios are provided. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.},

keywords = {Ad hoc networking, Drone swarms, Efficient routing, FANETs},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}