LANdroids
LANdroids, is a program to develop intelligent autonomous radio relay nodes that exploit movement to
establish and manage mesh networks in urban settings. The goal is to create small, inexpensive, smart
robotic radio relay nodes that dismounted warfighters drop as they deploy in urban settings. The nodes then
self-configure and form a mesh network – a temporary infrastructure that establishes communications over the
region. As the situation changes, the nodes will adapt the network, such as self-healing if nodes are
destroyed by the enemy. Through movement and density, the LANdroids will enable effective communications in
complex non-line-of-sight (NLOS) environments like those found in urban settings – dealing with radio
phenomena like fades and shadows through strategic self-placement and chaining of the relays.