Ad Hoc Networks for Mobile Sensor Applications

Local Algorithms for Robust Disconnected Systems

  • M. Charpentier, R. Bartoš, and Y. Li, "Interaction patterns for resilient intermittently-connected static sensor networks," in Proc. of IEEE Conference on Military Communications (MILCOM'10), San Jose, CA, October 2010. [pdf, presentation]
  • M. Charpentier, R. Bartoš, and S. Bhatia, ``When Opportunity Proceeds from Autonomy: A Tour-Based Architecture for Disconnected Mobile Sensors,'' in Proc. of The Third IEEE WoWMoM Workshop on Autonomic and Opportunistic Communications, Kos, Greece, June 2009. [pdf]
  • M. Charpentier, R. Bartoš, and S. Bhatia, ``A Mechanism to Structure Mission-Aware Interaction in Mobile Sensor Networks,'' in Proc. of The 10th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking - ICDCN 2009, LNCS 5408, pp. 425-436, Jan. 2009. [pdf]
  • S. Bhatia and R. Bartoš, ``Self-similar Functions and Population Protocols: a Characterization and a Comparison,'' in Proc. of The 10th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking - ICDCN 2009, LNCS 5408, pp. 263-274, Jan. 2009. [pdf]
  • S. Bhatia, R. Bartoš, and K. J. Ma, ``Throughput-Delay Tradeoff in Small and Sparse Mobile Ad hoc Networks,'' ACM/SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 41-43. Apr. 2008. [Journal Website] Also (poster) in Proc. of ACM/SIGMOBILE MobiHoc 2007, Montreal, Canada, Sept. 2007.
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Underwater Ad Hoc Routing Protocol Design

  • A. Goel, A. G. Kannan, I. Katz, and R. Bartoš, ``Improving Efficiency of a Flooding-based Routing Protocol for Underwater Networks,'' The Third ACM International Workshop on UnderWater Networks (WUWNet), San Francisco, CA, pp. 91-94, Sept. 2008. [PDF 162K] [PNG 1.1M] Winner of WUWNet award for best poster presentation
  • R. Bartoš, S. G. Chappell, R. J. Komerska, M. Haag, S. Mupparapu, E. Agu, and I. Katz, ``Development of routing protocols for the Solar-powered Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (SAUV) platform,'' Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Vol.8, No.8, pp. 1075-1088, Aug. 2008. [Journal Website]
  • R. Bartoš, R. J. Komerska, S. G. Chappell, and M. Haag, ``COFSNET+: a Routing Protocol Communication among Autonomous Underwater Vehicles,'' in Proc. of the Fifteenth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST'07), Durham, NH, 6 p., August 2007.
  • M. Haag, E. Agu, R. J. Komerska, S. G. Chappell, and R. Bartoš, ``Status Packet Deprecation and Store-Forward Routing in AUSNet,'' Proc. of The First ACM International Workshop on UnderWater Networks (WUWNet), September 25, 2006, Los Angeles, CA, September 2006.
  • S. S. Mupparapu, R. Bartoš,and M. Haag, ``Performance Evaluation of Ad Hoc Protocols for Underwater Networks,'' Proc. of 14th International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST'05), Durham, NH, August 2005.

Cross-layer Protocol Design

  • I. Katz, "A Delay-Tolerant Networking Framework for Mobile Underwater Acoustic Networks," in Proc. of the Fifteenth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST'07), Durham, NH, 9 p., August 2007. [PDF 383k] Winner of UUST award for the best student paper
  • I. Katz, R. Bartoš, R. J. Komerska, and S. G. Chappell, ``A Cross-Layer Model for In-Water Platform Networking,'' A poster presentation at NDIA Undersea Distributed Networked Systems Conference, Newport, RI, February 2007. [PNG 689k]

RF Modem Evaluation

  • R. Bartoš, V. Gorla, L. Cyril, R. J. Komerska, S. G. Chappell, and R. Sharma, ``Experimental Evaluation and Modeling of RF Modems for Use in Fleets of Multiple Cooperating Autonomous Undersea Vehicles,'' Proc. of Oceans'06 MTS/IEEE-Boston, Boston, MA, September 2006. [PDF 401k]
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Underwater Network Deployment and Operations

  • S. G. Chappell, R. J. Komerska, D. R. Blidberg, Ch. N. Duarte, G. R. Martel, D. M. Crimmins, M. A. Beliard, R. Nitzel, J. C. Jalbert, and R. Bartoš, ``Recent Field Experience with Multiple Cooperating Solar-Powered AUVs,'' in Proc. of the Fifteenth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST'07), Durham, NH, 8 p., August 2007.
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Support:

The project was funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research.