Abstract
We demonstrate a reliable network for robot remote control in which a cross-layer PHY-MAC architecture is exploited to establish a low-latency and time-critical data transmission. In our demo, three reverse pendulum robots share the spectrum to communicate their sensory data to a processing unit which can instantly generate and transmit appropriate commands to maintain the robots’ balance.
To this end, we upgrade CLAWS (Cross-Layer Adaptable Wireless System) with a two-layer MAC platform which accelerates and facilities interrupt handling. To grant the network operational reliability, we elaborately coupled the FPGA-based IEEE 802.15.4 PHY in the CLAWS architecture with a set of hardware blocks that play the role of the low-level MAC. CLAWS also offers a run-time programmable module in which we deploy the high-level functionalities of the MAC protocol. Jointly with the implemented bi-layer MAC structure, we demonstrate how the CLAWS’ flexibility allows either standard compliant or ad-hoc network prototyping to establish a reliable cloud-based robot remote control.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Wu, H., et al.: The tick programmable low-latency SDR system. In: MobiCom, Snowbird, Utah, USA, October 2017
Popovski, P., et al.: Ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC): principles and building blocks. CoRR, abs/1708.07862 (2017)
Van den Bergh, B., Vermeulen, T., Verhelst, M., Pollin, S.: CLAWS: cross-layer adaptable wireless system enabling full cross-layer experimentation on real-time software-defined 802.15. 4. EURASIP J. Wirel. Commun. Netw. 2014(1), 187 (2014)
MicroBlaze soft processor. http://www.xilinx.com/tools/microblaze.htm.. Accessed 04 Apr 2018
Vermeulen, T., Van den Bergh, B., Pollin, S.: Demo: a software defined radio platform for rapid cross-layer prototyping, pp. 1–4 (2015)
Ni usrp-2942r - national instruments. http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/nl/nid/212434
Acknowledgement
This work was partially funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 under grant agreement no. 732174 (ORCA project).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 ICST Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
About this paper
Cite this paper
Hassani, S.A., Pollin, S. (2019). A Low-Latency Wireless Network for Cloud-Based Robot Control. In: Moerman, I., Marquez-Barja, J., Shahid, A., Liu, W., Giannoulis, S., Jiao, X. (eds) Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks. CROWNCOM 2018. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 261. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05490-8_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05490-8_5
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-05489-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-05490-8
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)