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Interoperable, adaptable, information exchange in NATO coalition operations

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Figures & Tables

Fig. 1

FMN spirals. FMN, Federated Mission Networking.

Fig. 2

Information flow overview between user-facing services (applications), adaptive middleware, network awareness service and tactical router.

Fig. 3

The Interconnect-overlay architecture with six different tier-2 routing domains and the tier-1 overlay inter-network routing domain. Platform A and B of each nation serve as interconnection platforms and participate in the overlay routing domain of tier-1.

Fig. 4

DFS routing protocol's signalling to search for the route from source node (A) to destination node (B). DFS, depth first search.

Fig. 5

The federated coalition network available to troops patrolling the Wellport city of the Anglova scenario. One of the platoons that carry a UAV that can provide a video footage of the area is shown.

Fig. 6

SASC.Manager sources, services and adapters configuration. SASC, sysint adaptive service control.

Fig. 7

SASC.Manager rules configuration. SASC, sysint adaptive service control.

Fig. 8

NetJSON excerpt showing a single route.

Traffic classes and routing policy rules

Traffic class with some example service typesPolicy
High priority traffic that does not consume much data: Examples include BFT and chat without attachments, possibly also (low resolution) pictures associated with important alerts.Rule 1
High data rate traffic: Examples include streaming video with good resolution, high-resolution pictures and chat with attachments.Rule 2
Best effort trafficRule 3

Allow/deny policies for the defined rules on each interface

InterfaceRule 1Rule 2Rule 3
The narrowband waveform interfaceAllowDenyDeny
The wideband waveform interfaceAllowAllowAllow
The interface towards the shared national resources (e.g., a tunnel)AllowAllowDeny*
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jms-2022-0005 | Journal eISSN: 1799-3350 | Journal ISSN: 2242-3524
Language: English
Page range: 49 - 62
Submitted on: Dec 10, 2021
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Accepted on: Jun 3, 2022
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Published on: Oct 1, 2022
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2022 Frank T. Johnsen, Mariann Hauge, published by National Defense University
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