FG Verteilte Systeme und Betriebssysteme
High-speed protocol processing that provides data-rates of 100 Gbit/s and beyond to the application stresses the whole communication system up to its outer limits. Such a system can only be utilized by employing highly specialized, application specific protocols, that are tailored for certain communication parameters, such as the packet loss rate. However, the requirements for most applications are not static, and a protocol designer cannot anticipate all possible communication conditions upfront. The contradiction between specialized protocols and unknown communication parameters can be solved by adapting the protocol implementation on demand to the current communication conditions. However, such an approach needs a protocol description language that allows the automatic specialization of protocols. In this paper, we present the Protocol Engine Template Language (PETL), that allows the automatic implementation of protocols by a constructive approach for a variety of communication conditions from protocol implementation templates.
Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have vast application potential from industrial logistics and disaster monitoring to smart farming, for example, to create maps with Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) cameras and AI-based image classification or the precision spot application of fertilizers. Operating multiple UAVs in parallel, including those with different specializations, enables efficient coverage of large areas. While existing research focused mainly on predefined flight formations for swarms or autonomous missions for single UAVs, the focus of this work is on multiple UAVs with individually adaptable missions. We derive communication system requirements from swarm coordination algorithms and present a respective design. The resulting modular architecture enables future research on autonomous adaptive UAV swarms and their use as flying sensor platforms.