Publication detail

Prototype Design and Experimental Evaluation of Autonomous Collaborative Communication System for Emerging Maritime Use Cases

POKORNÝ, J. MA, K. SAAFI, S. FROLKA, J. VILLA, J. GERASIMENKO, M. KOUCHERYAVY, Y. HOŠEK, J.

Original Title

Prototype Design and Experimental Evaluation of Autonomous Collaborative Communication System for Emerging Maritime Use Cases

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Automated systems have been seamlessly integrated into several industries as part of their industrial automation processes. Employing automated systems, such as autonomous vehicles, allows industries to increase productivity, benefit from a wide range of technologies and capabilities, and improve workplace safety. So far, most of the existing systems consider utilizing one type of autonomous vehicle. In this work, we propose a collaboration of different types of unmanned vehicles in maritime offshore scenarios. Providing high capacity, extended coverage, and better quality of services, autonomous collaborative systems can enable emerging maritime use cases, such as remote monitoring and navigation assistance. Motivated by these potential benefits, we propose the deployment of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) and an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in an autonomous collaborative communication system. Specifically, we design high-speed, directional communication links between a terrestrial control station and the two unmanned vehicles. Using measurement and simulation results, we evaluate the performance of the designed links in different communication scenarios and we show the benefits of employing multiple autonomous vehicles in the proposed communication system.

Keywords

autonomous vehicles; maritime use cases; USV; UAV; collaborative communication system; directional wireless links; prototype design

Authors

POKORNÝ, J.; MA, K.; SAAFI, S.; FROLKA, J.; VILLA, J.; GERASIMENKO, M.; KOUCHERYAVY, Y.; HOŠEK, J.

Released

3. 6. 2021

Publisher

MDPI

ISBN

1424-8220

Periodical

SENSORS

Year of study

21

Number

11

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

20

Pages count

20

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/11/3871

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/201591

BibTex

@article{BUT171766,
  author="Jiří {Pokorný} and Khan {Ma} and Salwa {Saafi} and Jakub {Frolka} and Jose {Villa} and Mikhail {Gerasimenko} and Yevgeni {Koucheryavy} and Jiří {Hošek}",
  title="Prototype Design and Experimental Evaluation of Autonomous Collaborative Communication System for Emerging Maritime Use Cases",
  journal="SENSORS",
  year="2021",
  volume="21",
  number="11",
  pages="1--20",
  doi="10.3390/s21113871",
  issn="1424-8220",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/11/3871"
}