[en] Cooperative usage of multiple UAVs as a swarm can deliver high-quality surveillance performance. However, the communication capabilities within the UAV swarm must be maintained for local data propagation to swarm members in favor of achieving an efficient global behavior. In this paper, we address the problem of optimizing two adversary criteria for such a UAV swarm: (a) maximizing the area coverage, while (b) preserving network connectivity. Our approach, called CACOC², solves the problem with a novel chaotic ant colony optimization approach, which combines an Ant Colony Optimization approach (ACO) with a chaotic dynamical system. CACOC² employs swarming behavior to obtain UAV clustering that result in maximized area coverage and preserved network connectivity. We show by extensive simulations how the size of the UAV swarm influences the coverage and connectivity. A metrics comparison chart shows the correlation of coverage and connectivity metrics.
Research center :
ULHPC - University of Luxembourg: High Performance Computing
Disciplines :
Computer science
Author, co-author :
ROSALIE, Martin ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)
BRUST, Matthias R. ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)
DANOY, Grégoire ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Computer Science and Communications Research Unit (CSC)
Chaumette, Serge; Université de Bordeaux > LaBRI, UMR5800
BOUVRY, Pascal ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Computer Science and Communications Research Unit (CSC)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Coverage optimization with connectivity preservation for UAV swarms applying chaotic dynamics
Publication date :
11 August 2017
Event name :
IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC)
Event date :
from 2017-07-17 to 2017-07-21
Audience :
International
Main work title :
IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC), Columbus 17-21 July 2017
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