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- Title
Enhanced IEEE 802.11 MAC Protocol for Precision Formation Flying-Based Distributed Spacecraft.
- Authors
Liang, Kai; Zhao, Liqiang; Liu, Yalina; Liu, Qingxue; Yang, Kun; Sun, Zhili
- Abstract
In order to support precision formation flying missions, distributed spacecraft require inter-spacecraft communications with required performance. We present a hierarchical network architecture that supports both time-criticality for updating relative navigation measurements and flexibility for implementing various phases of mission operations. The architecture incorporates a reactive routing protocol with timely topology status, an enhanced IEEE 802.11 media access control protocol meeting the quality of service requirements, and single carrier-frequency domain equalization technique for reducing energy consumption. Our simulation results show that the proposed network architecture provides a fair tradeoff between time-criticality of services and flexibility of network topology among spacecraft.
- Subjects
SPACE vehicles; SPACECRAFT computers; AEROSPACE computing; ARTIFICIAL satellites in navigation; IEEE 802.11 (Standard)
- Publication
Wireless Personal Communications, 2014, Vol 79, Issue 1, p375
- ISSN
0929-6212
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11277-014-1862-4