Crucial Differences between Commercial and Military Communications Technology Needs: Why the Military Still Needs Its Own Research

Efficient Interconnectivity Among Networks Under Security Constraint

“…The literature of interconnectivity among different networks has mainly been focused on military and commercial networks. In [9] the authors discussed the crucial differences between the commercial and military system. While interconnecting the military network with commercial networks, Shake et al suggested using highly secure gateway nodes [3].…”

“…The level-l network (e.g., a military system) is used for sensitive tasks such as command and control. These networks are typically very well-protected but run at a low and intermittent bandwidth [9]. In contrast, level-2 and level-3 networks may consist of mobile cellular networks, ad-hoc networks, etc.…”

“…3, the efficiency of interconnectivity follows a nonlinear relationship with the number of interconnection ( ), which we approximate as the following, ^( , ) = ( , ) ( , ) + ( , ). (9) Here The values of parameters in (8) and (9) are computed by fitting the simulation data so as to minimize the overall mean-square-error (MSE). Higher-order polynomials may yield more accurate fitting of the data with added complexities and also with a risk of over-fitting the data points [22].…”

A cluster based multicast routing protocol for Autonomous Unmanned Military Vehicles (AUMVs) communication in VANET

“…The requirements of military vehicles and military scenarios are different as compared to protocols developed for urban and highways traffic. Hence, there is need to develop protocols specifically for military needs as discussed in [15]. In [16] and [17], the schemes developed for message dissemination among military are presented but the proposed protocol demonstrates the military vehicles communication along with their interaction within a battle field.…”

“…Then, the CH disseminates the EDMs further to all incoming CMs. Moreover, the proposed protocol has been developed by considering the real military scenario and requirements which are also analyzed in the defense systems analysis [11] and demanded in military needs as described in [15] which show the distinctiveness of this protocol. The remaining paper is organized in the following sections.…”