Packet-Based Control Algorithms for Cooperative Surveillance and Reconnaissance

Abstract

This project focused on developing algorithms for multi-vehicle, cooperative surveillance and reconnaissance that operate in a modern net-centric environment. These algorithms take into account the packet-based nature of modern networks by coding information in a manner that makes the performance of the system robust to packet loss, variable latency, and repeated transmissions. Results include analysis and design of estimation and control algorithms in the presence of packet loss and across multi-hop data networks, distributed estimation and sensor fusion algorithms for networked environments, development of sensor selection and coverage techniques for spatio-temporal planning, and analysis of robustness to process uncertainty and computational node failure. Applications include cooperative estimation, formation management, and semi-autonomous ISR.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA473350

Entities

People

  • Richard M. Murray

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Communication Channels
  • Communications Protocols
  • Computations
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Consensus Algorithms
  • Control Systems
  • Distributed Computing
  • Engineers
  • Kalman Filters
  • Network Topology
  • Packet Loss
  • Probability
  • Sensor Fusion
  • Sensor Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Computer Networking
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.