NATO Military Messaging in the Tactical Domain - Performance Issues of an HF Channel

Abstract

NATO STANAG 4406 for Military Message Handling Systems (MMHS) may be used for direct information exchange between the high data rate strategic domain and the low data rate tactical domain by using the tactical protocol profile specified in Annex E. This paper explores the performance of the MMHS application over NATO standardized HF radio systems using both unicast and multicast IP services. A comparison of performance is made with a dedicated HF messaging application, and advantages/disadvantages by using the IP based application are pointed out. MMHS Annex E over HF systems is a viable solution, providing application throughputs up to a few kilobits per second. There are however, optimization issues at different levels of the protocol stack, and we have seen that implementation choices and parameter settings have great impact on the overall performance of the system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA521158

Entities

People

  • Anders Eggen
  • Bjorn Solberg
  • Ove Gronnerud
  • Vivianne Jodalen

Organizations

  • Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Data Links
  • Data Rate
  • Electronic Mail
  • Frequency
  • Military Communications
  • Network Protocols
  • Radio Communications
  • Radio Equipment
  • Radio Links
  • Standards
  • Tactical Communications
  • Tactical Radios
  • Transport Protocols
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computer Networking
  • Systems Analysis and Design