Avoiding Detection by Hostile Nodes in Airborne Tactical Networks
Contemporary airborne radio networks are usually implemented using omnidirectional antennas. Unfortunately, such networks suffer from disadvantages such as easy detection by hostile aircraft and potential information leakage. In this paper, we present a novel mobile ad hoc network (MANET) routing pr...
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| author | Dragos Ilie Håkan Grahn Lars Lundberg Alexander Westerhagen Bo Granbom Anders Höök |
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| description | Contemporary airborne radio networks are usually implemented using omnidirectional antennas. Unfortunately, such networks suffer from disadvantages such as easy detection by hostile aircraft and potential information leakage. In this paper, we present a novel mobile ad hoc network (MANET) routing protocol based on directional antennas and situation awareness data that utilizes adaptive multihop routing to avoid sending information in directions where hostile nodes are present. Our protocol is implemented in the OMNEST simulator and evaluated using two realistic flight scenarios involving 8 and 24 aircraft, respectively. The results show that our protocol has significantly fewer leaked packets than comparative protocols, but at a slightly higher cost in terms of longer packet lifetime. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1dbed54bbd8e45c9a8b53867ac8d2d022023-11-18T10:30:23ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032023-05-0115620410.3390/fi15060204Avoiding Detection by Hostile Nodes in Airborne Tactical NetworksDragos Ilie0Håkan Grahn1Lars Lundberg2Alexander Westerhagen3Bo Granbom4Anders Höök5Department of Computer Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology, 371 79 Karlskrona, SwedenDepartment of Computer Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology, 371 79 Karlskrona, SwedenDepartment of Computer Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology, 371 79 Karlskrona, SwedenSaab AB, Surveillance, 371 30 Karlskrona, SwedenSaab AB, Aeronautics, 581 88 Linköping, SwedenSaab AB, Surveillance, 412 76 Göteborg, SwedenContemporary airborne radio networks are usually implemented using omnidirectional antennas. Unfortunately, such networks suffer from disadvantages such as easy detection by hostile aircraft and potential information leakage. In this paper, we present a novel mobile ad hoc network (MANET) routing protocol based on directional antennas and situation awareness data that utilizes adaptive multihop routing to avoid sending information in directions where hostile nodes are present. Our protocol is implemented in the OMNEST simulator and evaluated using two realistic flight scenarios involving 8 and 24 aircraft, respectively. The results show that our protocol has significantly fewer leaked packets than comparative protocols, but at a slightly higher cost in terms of longer packet lifetime.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/15/6/204mobile ad hoc networksroutingprotocol |
| spellingShingle | Dragos Ilie Håkan Grahn Lars Lundberg Alexander Westerhagen Bo Granbom Anders Höök Avoiding Detection by Hostile Nodes in Airborne Tactical Networks Future Internet mobile ad hoc networks routing protocol |
| title | Avoiding Detection by Hostile Nodes in Airborne Tactical Networks |
| title_full | Avoiding Detection by Hostile Nodes in Airborne Tactical Networks |
| title_fullStr | Avoiding Detection by Hostile Nodes in Airborne Tactical Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Avoiding Detection by Hostile Nodes in Airborne Tactical Networks |
| title_short | Avoiding Detection by Hostile Nodes in Airborne Tactical Networks |
| title_sort | avoiding detection by hostile nodes in airborne tactical networks |
| topic | mobile ad hoc networks routing protocol |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/15/6/204 |
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