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Heterogeneous Network Gateway Architecture and Simulation for Tactical MANET

전술 에드혹 환경에서 이종망 게이트웨이 구조 및 시뮬레이션 연구

  • Received : 2019.02.01
  • Accepted : 2019.06.07
  • Published : 2019.06.30
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Abstract

The tactical mobile ad-hoc network(MANET) consists of distributed autonomous networks between individual ground nodes, which is effective in terms of network survivability and flexibility. However, due to constraints such as limited power, terrain, and mobility, frequent link disconnection and shadow area may occur in communication. On the other hand, the satellite network has the advantage of providing a wide-area wireless link overcoming terrain and mobility, but has limited bandwidth and high-latency characteristic. In the future battlefield, an integrated network architecture for interworking multi-layer networks through a heterogeneous network gateway (HNG) is required to overcome the limitations of the existing individual networks and increase reliability and efficiency of communication. In this paper, we propose a new HNG architecture and detailed algorithm that integrates satellite network and the tactical MANET and enables reliable data transfer based on flow characteristics of traffic. The simulations validated the proposed architecture using Riverbed Modeler, a network-level simulator.

전술 에드혹 환경은 개별 지상 노드 간 분산적인 형태의 자율망으로 구성되므로 네트워크의 생존 가능성 및 유연성 측면에서 효과적이나 기동 간 통신 시 제한된 출력, 지형특성, 이동성 등의 제약으로 인하여 잦은 링크 단절 및 음영지역이 발생할 수 있다. 반면 위성 통신망은 지상 기동 망에 비해 지형특성과 이동성을 극복한 광역 무선 링크를 제공할 수 있는 장점이 있으나 상대적으로 한정된 대역폭 및 고지연 특성의 망이다. 미래 전장 환경에서 기존의 단독망 형태의 제약사항을 극복하고 지휘 통제 통신의 신뢰성 및 효율성을 높이기 위해서는 이종망 게이트웨이(Heterogeneous network gateway, HNG)를 중심으로 위성 통신망을 포함한 다계층 통합 네트워크 구조가 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 전술 에드혹 환경에서 위성-전술 에드혹 망을 통합적으로 고려하고 유통되는 임무 트래픽의 플로우 특성에 기반하여 신뢰성 있는 데이터 전달이 가능한 이종망 게이트웨이 구조 및 세부 알고리즘을 제시한다. 시뮬레이션은 네트워크 수준의 시뮬레이터인 Riverbed Modeler를 활용하여 제시하는 구조의 유효성을 확인하였다.

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Fig. 1. Gateway classifications

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Fig. 2. The basic concept of heterogeneous network gateway for tactical MANET

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Fig. 3. Flow diagram of HNG routing protocol

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Fig. 4. Flow diagram of Integrated Metric Calculation

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Fig. 6. Simulation results for network connectivity with implemented node models

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Fig. 5. HNG simulation scenario

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Fig. 7. Simulation results for measure of performance with HNG selection scheme

Table 1. Simulation parameters

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