A Concept of Communication Distance and Its Application to Six Situations in Mobile Environments

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Abstract

Wireless networks combined with location technology create new problems and call for new decision aids. As a precursor to the development of these decision aids, a concept of communication distance is developed and applied to six situations. This concept allows travel time and bandwidth to be combined in a single measure so that many problems can be mapped onto a weighted graph and solved through shortest path algorithms. The paper looks at the problem of intercepting an out-of-communication team member and describes ways of using planning to reduce communication distance in anticipation of a break in connection. The concept is also applied to ad hoc radio networks. A way of performing route planning using a bandwidth map is developed and analyzed. The general implications of the work to transportation planning are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)409-419
Number of pages11
JournalIEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
Volume4
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2005

Keywords

  • Mobile computing
  • contingency planning
  • decision aids
  • emergency response
  • mobile ad hoc networks
  • route guidance
  • transportation planning
  • wireless communication

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