Abstract:
Achieving consensus is a crucial problem for large scale drone swam to perform collaboration tasks. There are some critical issues for the consensus of large-scale drone ...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Achieving consensus is a crucial problem for large scale drone swam to perform collaboration tasks. There are some critical issues for the consensus of large-scale drone swarms, such as limited-time convergence and high robustness against drone failure due to stringent requirements of mission cycle and hostile environment. Note that traditional consensus cannot guarantee limited-time convergence and a robust consensus against node failure. Existing finite-time consensus faces challenges of strict prerequisites and high complexity. Moreover, leaderless and leader-follower consensus adopts different models respectively. Toward these ends, a unified consensus model for both leaderless and leader-follower modes is proposed. It achieves limited-time convergence by using distributed energy minimization. A dynamic spanning tree algorithm is designed to ensure consensus under dynamic topology. Furthermore, a robust method against node failure is proposed by combining grey prediction, average consensus, and Molly-Reed criterion. Simulation results show that the proposed methods can be adopted in both leaderless and leader-follower situations with advantages of limited-time convergence and high robustness.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology ( Volume: 69, Issue: 12, December 2020)
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National Engineering Laboratory for Integrated Aero-Space-Ground-Ocean Big Data Application Technology, School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
Wu Chen received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in navigation guidance and control from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, in 1992 and 1997, respectively. He also received the Ph.D. degree in control theory and control engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, in 2000. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China. His main researc...Show More
Wu Chen received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in navigation guidance and control from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, in 1992 and 1997, respectively. He also received the Ph.D. degree in control theory and control engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, in 2000. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China. His main researc...View more

National Engineering Laboratory for Integrated Aero-Space-Ground-Ocean Big Data Application Technology, School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
Jiajia Liu (Senior Member, IEEE) was a Full Professor with the School of Cyber Engineering, Xidian University, from 2013 to 2018. Since 2019, he has been a Full Professor with the School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University. He has authored or coauthored more than 180 peer-reviewed papers in many high quality publications, including prestigious IEEE journals and conferences. His research interests inclu...Show More
Jiajia Liu (Senior Member, IEEE) was a Full Professor with the School of Cyber Engineering, Xidian University, from 2013 to 2018. Since 2019, he has been a Full Professor with the School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University. He has authored or coauthored more than 180 peer-reviewed papers in many high quality publications, including prestigious IEEE journals and conferences. His research interests inclu...View more

National Engineering Laboratory for Integrated Aero-Space-Ground-Ocean Big Data Application Technology, School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
Hongzhi Guo (Member, IEEE) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in computer science and technology from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2004, 2006, and 2011, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University. He has authored or coauthored more than 30 peer-reviewed papers in many prestigious IEEE journals and conferences, and currently serv...Show More
Hongzhi Guo (Member, IEEE) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in computer science and technology from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2004, 2006, and 2011, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University. He has authored or coauthored more than 30 peer-reviewed papers in many prestigious IEEE journals and conferences, and currently serv...View more

National Engineering Laboratory for Integrated Aero-Space-Ground-Ocean Big Data Application Technology, School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
Wu Chen received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in navigation guidance and control from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, in 1992 and 1997, respectively. He also received the Ph.D. degree in control theory and control engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, in 2000. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China. His main research interests include Ad Hoc network, intelligent control, embedded system technology, and information security.
Wu Chen received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in navigation guidance and control from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, in 1992 and 1997, respectively. He also received the Ph.D. degree in control theory and control engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University, in 2000. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China. His main research interests include Ad Hoc network, intelligent control, embedded system technology, and information security.View more

National Engineering Laboratory for Integrated Aero-Space-Ground-Ocean Big Data Application Technology, School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
Jiajia Liu (Senior Member, IEEE) was a Full Professor with the School of Cyber Engineering, Xidian University, from 2013 to 2018. Since 2019, he has been a Full Professor with the School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University. He has authored or coauthored more than 180 peer-reviewed papers in many high quality publications, including prestigious IEEE journals and conferences. His research interests include wide range of areas including intelligent and connected vehicles, mobile/edge/cloud computing and storage, Internet of Things security, wireless and mobile ad hoc networks, and space-air-ground integrated networks. He was the recipient of IEEE VTS Early Career Award in 2019, IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award in 2017, IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award in 2019, Niwa Yasujiro Outstanding Paper Award in 2012, the Best Paper Awards from many international conferences including IEEE flagship events, such as IEEE Globecom in 2016 and 2019, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference in 2012 and 2014, IEEE WiMob in 2019, IEEE IC-NIDC in 2018. He was also the recipient of the Tohoku University President Award 2013. He has been actively joining the society activities, like serving as Associate Editors for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, from 2018 to present, IEEE Transactions on Computers, from 2015 to 2017 and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, from 2016 to present, Editor for IEEE Network, from 2015 to present, Editor for IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, from 2019 to present, Guest Editors of top ranking international journals like IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, etc., and serving as a Technical Program Committees of numerous International Conferences like the leading symposium Co-Chair of AHSN Symposium for GLOBECOM 2017, CRN Symposium for ICC 2018, AHSN Symposium for ICC 2019. He is the Vice Chair of IEEE IOT-AHSN TC, and is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Communications Society and Vehicular Technology Society.
Jiajia Liu (Senior Member, IEEE) was a Full Professor with the School of Cyber Engineering, Xidian University, from 2013 to 2018. Since 2019, he has been a Full Professor with the School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University. He has authored or coauthored more than 180 peer-reviewed papers in many high quality publications, including prestigious IEEE journals and conferences. His research interests include wide range of areas including intelligent and connected vehicles, mobile/edge/cloud computing and storage, Internet of Things security, wireless and mobile ad hoc networks, and space-air-ground integrated networks. He was the recipient of IEEE VTS Early Career Award in 2019, IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award in 2017, IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award in 2019, Niwa Yasujiro Outstanding Paper Award in 2012, the Best Paper Awards from many international conferences including IEEE flagship events, such as IEEE Globecom in 2016 and 2019, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference in 2012 and 2014, IEEE WiMob in 2019, IEEE IC-NIDC in 2018. He was also the recipient of the Tohoku University President Award 2013. He has been actively joining the society activities, like serving as Associate Editors for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, from 2018 to present, IEEE Transactions on Computers, from 2015 to 2017 and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, from 2016 to present, Editor for IEEE Network, from 2015 to present, Editor for IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, from 2019 to present, Guest Editors of top ranking international journals like IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, etc., and serving as a Technical Program Committees of numerous International Conferences like the leading symposium Co-Chair of AHSN Symposium for GLOBECOM 2017, CRN Symposium for ICC 2018, AHSN Symposium for ICC 2019. He is the Vice Chair of IEEE IOT-AHSN TC, and is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Communications Society and Vehicular Technology Society.View more

National Engineering Laboratory for Integrated Aero-Space-Ground-Ocean Big Data Application Technology, School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
Hongzhi Guo (Member, IEEE) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in computer science and technology from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2004, 2006, and 2011, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University. He has authored or coauthored more than 30 peer-reviewed papers in many prestigious IEEE journals and conferences, and currently serves as an editor for International Journal of Multimedia Intelligence and Security. His research interests include MEC, AI, FiWi, IoT, 5G, smart grid, etc. He was the recipient of WiMob Best Paper Award 2019.
Hongzhi Guo (Member, IEEE) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in computer science and technology from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2004, 2006, and 2011, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Cybersecurity, Northwestern Polytechnical University. He has authored or coauthored more than 30 peer-reviewed papers in many prestigious IEEE journals and conferences, and currently serves as an editor for International Journal of Multimedia Intelligence and Security. His research interests include MEC, AI, FiWi, IoT, 5G, smart grid, etc. He was the recipient of WiMob Best Paper Award 2019.View more