RustasticDrone

Your drone is Fantastic only if it is from Rustastic

Table of Contents

• Rustastic Drone
• Features
  • Core Features
  • Testing
  • Debugging
• Buffer
  • Why Our Buffer Matters
  • Statistics
• Comparison
• Usage
• Assistance

Rustastic Drone

The Rustastic Drone is a software-defined drone specifically designed for operating within a distributed network simulation. It was developed as a project for the 2024 Advanced Programming course at the University of Trento.

Features

Core Features

The Rustastic Drone aims for protocol perfection: every aspect of the protocol has been meticulously developed and refined to ensure seamless communication and flawless operation.

Testing

The Rustastic Drone undergoes extensive testing to ensure robustness and performance under all conditions. Every feature and function is rigorously evaluated, covering both common and rare edge cases. Our comprehensive suite of tests leaves no room for unexpected behavior, and we are continually expanding our test coverage to guarantee reliability.

Logging

To enhance user experience, Rustastic Drone includes a powerful logging system:

• Debug logs provide clear, detailed information about events and their sequence.
• Errors and actions are highlighted in distinct colors, making logs easy to read in the terminal.
• Integrated with the log crate (documentation) for seamless compatibility with loggers such as log4rs or env_logger.

These features make logging intuitive and efficient, reducing the time needed to diagnose and resolve issues.

In summary, the Rustastic Drone is Simply Fantastic because it stands out for its reliability, precision, and smart design.

Buffer

The drone leverages an efficient Packet Buffer to handle dropped fragments. This buffer combines a HashMap with a priority queue, storing recently received fragments indexed by session ID and fragment number.

Buffer Operation:

1. Upon receiving a NACK:
   • If the fragment is in the buffer, it is immediately retransmitted.
   • If not, the NACK is forwarded to the previous node, restarting the retransmission process from the original source.
2. The buffer size can be configured to meet specific requirements.

This approach minimizes delays and reduces network congestion caused by redundant retransmissions.

Why Our Buffer Matters

Efficient packet handling is critical in drone networks where delays or packet loss can disrupt communication. Our buffer system ensures:

• Faster retransmissions.
• Reduced congestion.
• Greater reliability in challenging environments.

Whether in simulations or real-world applications, our buffer technology makes drone networks faster, smarter, and more resilient.

Statistics

Comparison

Usage

Add the following to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
rustastic-drone = { git = "https://github.com/Rustastic/RustasticDrone.git" }

Then use it in your Rust code:

use rustastic_drone::RustasticDrone;

Assistance

You can contact us through our telegram bot if you need more infos: https://t.me/rustastic_support_bot