• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.50-67
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• 2015

The Cognitive Radio (CR) paradigm in tactical ad hoc networks is an important element of future military communications for network-centric warfare. This paper presents a novel Cognitive Link State Routing protocol for CR-based tactical ad hoc networks. The proposed scheme provides prompt and reliable routes for Primary User (PU) activity through procedures that incorporate two main functions: PU-aware power adaptation and channel switching. For the PU-aware power adaptation, closer multipoint relay nodes are selected to prevent network partition and ensure successful PU communication. The PU-aware channel switching is proactively conducted using control messages to switch to a new available channel based on a common channel list. Our simulation study based on the ns-3 simulator demonstrates that the proposed routing scheme delivers significantly improved performance in terms of average end-to-end delay, jitter, and packet delivery ratio.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.25-33
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• 2020

Multipath routing protocols with unmanned aerial vehicles have been proposed to improve reliability in tactical ad hoc networks. Most of existing studies tend to establish the paths with multiple metrics. However, these approaches suffer from link loss and congestion problems according to the network condition because they apply same metric for both ground and air path or employ the simple weight value to combine multiple metrics. To overcome this limitation, in this study, we propose new routing metrics for path over unmanned aerial vehicles and use the multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) method to determine the weight factors between multiple metrics. For the case studies, we extend the ad-hoc on-demand distance vector protocol and propose a strategy for modifying the route discovery and route recovery procedure. The simulation results show that the proposed mechanism is able to achieve high end-to-end reliability and low end-to-end delay in tactical ad hoc networks.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.37C no.11
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• pp.1148-1161
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• 2012

Recently, developments in the field of communication and network technologies induced new paradigm in the defense weapon system. As a consequence, military authorities develop the Tactical Information Communication Network(TICN) system to adapt to the changing paradigm. One of the most important functions of TICN is real-time communication. As a result, TICN system needs to receive real-time information from the battlefield, and the key technology to support these features is MANET(Mobile Ad-Hoc Network) routing protocol. In this paper, we analyze problems of the shortest path scheme in tactical Ad-Hoc networks, which is widely used in common Ad-Hoc networks. We propose efficient routing protocol for tactical MANET by considering the environment of small combat units, such as node position, speed and data size. The proposed algorithm shows reliable data transfer and low latency in battlefield.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.35 no.11B
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• pp.1676-1684
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• 2010

Tactical network environments are characterized by unreliable connectivity, communication links which has limited bandwidth compared to commercial networks and distributed architecture where users have high mobility. The best route should be selected based on the required traffic characteristics which can be a wireless channel environments and a status of nodes which are moving. Those characteristics are self aware and should be a routing decision factor in order to guarantee a reliable data transfer. In this paper we define the requirements of services and traffic characteristics on tactical network environments and suggest the new routing method "AODV-IMTC" based on selective routing metric to enable efficient data transfer in wireless ad hoc networks.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.16-27
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• 2012

In multi-interface multi-channel(MIMC) based tactical ad hoc networks, QoS support for required operational capacity is one of the main challenging issues for multi-hop transmissions. To support QoS in such a harsh environment, we propose a novel MAC scheme to minimize multi-hop as well as per-hop delay. The current IEEE 802.11 MAC protocols should contend to reserve the channel resource at every hop by each sender. The every-hop channel contention results in a degradation of end-to-end delay for multi-hop transmissions. The basic idea of our scheme is to make a "multi-hop reservation" at the MAC layer by using the modified RTS frame. It contains additional information such as destination information, packet priority, and hop count, etc. In addition, we differentiate the contention window area according to the packet priority and the number of hops to deliver packets in the predefined allowed latency. Our scheme can minimize the multi-hop delay and support the QoS of the critical data in real time(i.e., VoIP, sensing video data, Video conference between commanders). Our simulation study and numerical analysis show that the proposed scheme outperforms the IEEE 802.11 MAC.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.219-226
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• 2019

One of the most widely studied protocols for tactical ad-hoc networks is Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (OLSR). As for OLSR research, most research work focus on reducing control traffic overhead and choosing relay point. In addition, because OLSR is mostly dependent on link detection and propagation, dynamic Hello timer become research challenges. However, different timer interval causes imbalance of link validity time by affecting link lifetime. To solve this problem, we propose a weighted topology graph model for constructing a robust network topology based on the link validity time. In order to calculate the link validity time, we use control message timer, which is set for each node. The simulation results show that the proposed mechanism is able to achieve high end-to-end reliability and low end-to-end delay in small networks.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.333-343
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• 2009

Tactical Information Communication Network(TICN) is a concept-type integrated Military Communication system that enables precise command control and decision making by unifying the diversified military communication network and conveying diverse range of battle field information on real-time, at right place at right time. TICN is designed to advance into high speed, large capacity, long distance wireless relay transmission. To support mobility in battlefield environments, the application of Ad-hoc networking technology to its wireless communication has been examined. Ad-hoc network is consist of mobile nodes and nodes in the network depends on the cooperation of other nodes for forwarding of packets. In this context, some non-cooperating nodes may delay forwarding of packets or drop the packets. This may hamper the network as a whole and disrupt communication between the cooperating nodes. To solve this problem, we present a solution with a Node Weight Management Server(NWMS), which manages each node's weight according to its behavior in local area. When the NWMS detects misbehaving node, it increases the node's weight. If the node's weight exceeds a predefined threshold then the NWMS broadcasts the node's information into network to isolate the misbehaving node from the network. These mechanisms show that they are highly effective and can reliably detect a multitude of misbehaving node.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.71-80
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• 2009

Ad-hoc network consists f mobile nodes, which they are together in the communication. However, if some misbehaving nodes are in network, it is faced to many threats. Therefore, detection and management of misbehaving node are necessary to make confident in Ad-hoc networks. To solve this problem, we use Node Weight Management Server(NWMS), which it manage each node's weight in local area. When NWMS detect misbehaving node, it adds the node's weight and if the node's weight exceeds threshold then NWMS broadcasts the node's information to isolate in network. These mechanisms show that they are highly effective and can reliably detect a multitude of misbehaving node.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2010.10a
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• pp.709-712
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• 2010

A military tactical information communication network uses no base station and all mobile terminal are independent while mobile networks use an infra structure that a fixed base station supports many mobile terminals. A clustering system is more efficient than the existing one in small Ad-hoc network using a limited message size. The development of an adaptive clustering algorithm is necessary to maximize the network efficiency via a study on a clustering for military tactical information communication network.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2012.06c
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• pp.239-241
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• 2012

우리 군은 미래전을 대비하기 위해 각종 전술 응용정보체계의 막힘없는 전송과 통신망간 연동 요구를 충족시키고 미래 전장을 주도할 통신체계 구축을 목표로 전술정보통신체계(TICN) 개발을 추진 중이다. Ad-hoc 네트워크 기술을 사용하는 전술정보통신체계의 부체계인 전투무선체계는 전장 환경에서 운영되는 특수성으로 인해 기존의 전통적인 플랫한 Ad-hoc 네트워크와는 차별화된 계층형 Ad-hoc 네트워크 구조를 가진다. 또한 Ad-hoc 네트워크를 운용하는 환경이 보안성이 극도로 요구되는 전장 환경임을 고려할 때 군 작전의 성공적인 목표 달성을 위한 보안대책은 반드시 필요하다. 특히 전장상황 하에서 유통될 각종 민감 정보들에 대한 기밀성, 무결성 등을 보장하기 위해 정당한 권한을 가진 노드들만이 네트워크에 참여할 수 있는 보안 매커니즘이 적용되어야 하며, 이를 위해선 효율적인 키 관리 기법을 적용해야 한다. 본 논문에서는 비밀키, 노드위치, 해시인증 등의 정보를 이용한 3단계 인증절차 적용으로 Ad-hoc 네트워크 참여 노드의 인증을 강화하고, 통신환경에 따라 3가지 비밀키를 구분 사용하여 계층형 Ad-hoc 네트워크 구조에서 기밀성 보장을 강화하기 위한 키 관리 기법을 제안한다.