A Study on Channel Usage in a CellularAd-Hoc United Communication System for Operational Robots

Tomoko ADACHI, Masao NAKAGAWA

Summary :

A communication system which attains an efficient amalgamation of base station (BS) type cellular communication and non-BS type direct communication for mobile terminals (MTs), "cellularad-hoc united communication system," is proposed. In this system, whether a cellular system or an ad-hoc communication system is chosen by distance and whether the condition is good or not between communicating MTs. In other words, when two terminals are relatively near each other and are in sufficient conditions to communicate directly, they select the ad-hoc communication, while for other cases they use the cellular system. The proposed system was confirmed to have effective channel usage and low battery consumption from the simulation results. It can be also said that this system is suited especially for MTs which tend to communicate with closer partners such as operational mobile robots and autonomous carrier vehicles.

• Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E81-B No.7 pp.1500-1507
• Publication Date: 1998/07/25
• Category: Mobile Communication

Authors

Tomoko ADACHI
Masao NAKAGAWA

Keyword

cellular system,  ad-hoc communication,  operational mobile robot