Characterizing Open Source Routing Radio-to-Router Information in an Airborne Network

Abstract

Although emulation environments provide a baseline for how systems will perform in real life, field tests are crucial to demonstrate capabilities in real-world operating environments. In this paper, we describe and characterize an open source router implementation with extensions to support OSPFv3 MANET designed router, OSPFv3 dual stack address families, OSPF link metrics cross layer support, simplified multicast forwarding (SMF), and a radio-to-router interface performance in an airborne environment. Three airborne assets participated in the exercise to form a high capacity aerial backbone made of heterogeneous radio technologies and operating parameters. The assets and radio technologies formed dynamically routed airbridge 250 Nm and allowed the passing of military operational data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA534140

Entities

People

  • Andrea Coyle
  • Bow-nan Cheng
  • Edward Kuczynski
  • Igor Pedan
  • James Wheeler
  • Leonid Veytser
  • Paul Christensen
  • Randy Charland
  • Stephen Mcgarry

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Rate
  • Debugging
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Switches
  • Engineering
  • Field Tests
  • Frequency
  • Multiple Access
  • Network Protocols
  • Radio Communications
  • Radio Equipment
  • Task Forces
  • Time Division Multiple Access

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Space