Design And Implementation Of A Distributed Ledger To Support Data Survivability In An Unmanned Multi-Vehicle System

Abstract

Autonomous vehicle systems, including multi-vehicle systems, are becoming increasingly relevant in military operations. A problem emerges, however, when logging data within these systems. In particular, loss of individual vehicles and inherently lossy and noisy communications environments can result in the loss of important mission data. This thesis presents a novel distributed ledger protocol that can be used to ensure that the data in such a system survives. To test the efficacy of the protocol, we implemented it as a Robot Operating System (ROS) node on the Advanced Robotic Systems Engineering Laboratory (ARSENL) aerial swarm system. Results are presented for implementation tests in the ARSENL software-in-the-loop simulation environment and during live-flight field experiments conducted at Camp Roberts, CA.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1150742

Entities

People

  • Peter J. Pommer

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Blockchain
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Consensus Algorithms
  • Debugging
  • Department Of Defense
  • Distributed Ledger
  • National Security
  • Operating Systems
  • Packet Loss
  • Systems Engineering
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy