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http://dx.doi.org/10.9708/jksci.2011.16.3.075

Interoperable XML Messaging System for Tactical Data Link  

Kim, Hong-Jae (Dept. of NCW, Ajou University)
Oh, Sang-Yoon (School of Information and Communication Engineering, Ajou University)
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Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information / v.16, no.3, 2011 , pp. 75-87 More about this Journal
Abstract
Tactical Data Links are standardized radio communication data links for military armed forces and used to transmit and receive data. Because they are the core elements of achieving information superiority in a NCW environment, various kinds of TDL are used by the Korean armed forces. Operating various types of TDL is very helpful in getting more information; however, at the same time, it is hard to integrate and make them co-operate with other TDLs or C4ISR systems. In this paper, we propose a XML based messaging system to make various types of TDL interoperable in a NCW environment. For the messaging system between TDL and C4ISR systems, we define XML message processing interfaces and suggest binary XML for serialization to save transmission loads over constrained military communication bandwidth. Our experiment results show that the TDL message can be transformed into generalized XML data that is interoperable with other TDLs and binary XML serialization, and it saves parsing and transmission time.
Keywords
XML messaging; XML; Binary XML; Interoperability; Tactical Data Link;
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