Wireless networks combined with location technology create new problems and call for new decision aids. As a precursor to the development of these decision aids, a concept of communication distance is developed and applied to six situations. This concept allows travel time and bandwidth to be combined in a single measure so that many problems can be mapped onto a weighted graph and solved through shortest path algorithms. The paper looks at the problem of intercepting an out-of-communication team member and describes ways of using planning to reduce communication distance in anticipation of a break in connection. The concept is also applied to ad hoc radio networks. A way of performing route planning using a bandwidth map is developed and analyzed. The general implications of the work to transportation planning are discussed. © 2005, IEEE. All rights reserved.
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Nickerson, J. V. (2005). A Concept of Communication Distance and Its Application to Six Situations in Mobile Environments. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 4(5), 409–419. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2005.60
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