Practical robotic adhoc networks (RANETs), a type of mobile wireless adhoc networks (WANETs) supporting the WiFi-Direct modes common in internet of things and phone devices, is proposed based on a strategy of exploiting WiFi-Direct connection modes to overcome hardware restrictions. For a certain period of time the community was enthusiastic about the endless opportunities in fair, robust, efficient, and cheap communication created by the Adhoc mode of the WiFi IEEE 802.11 independent basic service set (IBSS) configuration that required no dedicated access points. The mode was a main enabler of wireless Adhoc networks (WANETS). This communication mode unfortunately did not get into the standard network cards present in IoT and mobile phones, likely due to the high energy consumption it exacts. Rather, such devices implement WiFi-Direct which is designed for star topologies. Several attempts were made to overcame the restriction and support WANETs, but they break at least the fairness and symmetry property, thereby reducing applicability. Here we show a solution for fair RANETs and evaluate the behavior of various strategies using simulations.

翻译：本文提出了一种实用的机器人自组织网络，这是一种支持物联网和手机设备中常见WiFi-Direct模式的移动无线自组织网络。该网络基于利用WiFi-Direct连接模式以克服硬件限制的策略。曾有一段时间，研究界对WiFi IEEE 802.11独立基本服务集配置的Adhoc模式所创造的公平、鲁棒、高效且廉价的通信无限机遇充满热情，该模式无需专用接入点。此模式是无线自组织网络的主要实现方式。然而，由于该模式能耗较高，未能集成到物联网设备和手机的标准网卡中。相反，此类设备实现了专为星型拓扑设计的WiFi-Direct协议。尽管已有多次尝试克服此限制以支持无线自组织网络，但这些方案至少破坏了公平性与对称性，从而降低了适用性。本文提出了一种公平机器人自组织网络的解决方案，并通过仿真评估了多种策略的性能。