Reinforcing Communication on the Internet of Aerial Vehicles

Abstract

The increasing demand for green Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in civil and military applications has been noticed in the last few decades. As a result, Flying Ad-hoc Networks (FANETs) caught the attention of industries and academia. Due to its exceptional features, it has replaced other traditional networks deployed in all circumstances. However, UAVs have limited resources, and efficient use of these resources is critical for maximizing network lifetime and Quality of Experience (QoE). In this paper, Fisheye State Routing (FSR) protocol is exploited for communication between several UAVs in a topology changing network employing a <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3x3</i> Manhattan grid mobility model. Several network parameters, i.e., packet delivery and drop ratios, end-to-end delay, channel utilization, dropped packet ratio behavior, throughput, jitter, are employed to validate FSR’s effectiveness in FANETs. Results analysis is carried out in two different network scenarios with twenty and thirty nodes, respectively. The proposed routing protocol has effectively utilized UAV resources with 46% and 53% packet delivery ratios with maximum channel utilization and throughput over time in both scenarios. Moreover, FSR has 0.010 and 0.253 seconds delay and minimum jitter in twenty and thirty nodes comparatively influential among other routing protocols in end-to-end delay. The proposed approach provides excellent results compared to several other topology-based routing protocols and efficiently utilizes onboard resources.