Wireless access infrastructure expansions through Opportunistic Networks of Moving Access Points

Abstract

The concept of this article is to design, develop and validate mechanisms for deciding on the creation and set-up of opportunistic networks based on moving access points (MAPs) for mobile client nodes. Mobile client nodes can be smart/connected cars in civilian use cases, or any kind of operational vehicles and/or robots/drones in military cases. Opportunistic networks will be formed in an ad hoc manner and will be dynamically reconfigured through the suitable self-organization and adjustment of the position and coordination of MAPs so as to provide appropriate Quality of Service (QoS) levels towards mobile client nodes. Such applications can be exploited in a military context in order to establish communications in remote areas and battlefields where fixed communication infrastructure is not available or destroyed. The desired outcome of this effort is to proceed to simulation activities for the realization of the proof of concept.