{"title":"High frequency rough surface parabolic equation modeling for underwater acoustic communications","authors":"Allan P. Rosenberg, D. Chizhik, Qinqing Zhang","doi":"10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5379845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5379845","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose to develop an effective and efficient computational modeling technique to characterize the statistical properties that govern the performance and capacity of an underwater acoustic communication link. Specifically, we consider the challenging shallow water environment with a moving rough sea surface as the primary source of temporal variations. We incorporate a realistic sea surface for wind driven waves generated by the surface spectrum. We use meteorological and oceanic data measured by National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) buoy 44014 (36.611N 74.836W) and model estimates of downward radiation fluxes at its location to produce a time series, covering all of 2004 with 3 hr spacing, of the input parameters needed by the analytical spectral model. For one particular set of parameters, typical of March, we generate sea surface realizations and study their effect on acoustic propagation. We extend a parabolic equation (PE) model to compute the propagation of a high frequency, wide-band acoustic transmission with a time-varying sea surface. We provide numerical results of received signal power as a function of range and depth. Our modeling approach has both physical applicability and computation feasibility to generate channel impulse responses useful for adaptive underwater communications.","PeriodicalId":338641,"journal":{"name":"MILCOM 2009 - 2009 IEEE Military Communications Conference","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115421393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Defense against Sybil attack in vehicular ad hoc network based on roadside unit support","authors":"Soyoung Park, B. Aslam, D. Turgut, C. Zou","doi":"10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5379844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5379844","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose a timestamp series approach to defend against Sybil attack in a vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) based on roadside unit support. The proposed approach targets the initial deployment stage of VANET when basic roadside unit (RSU) support infrastructure is available and a small fraction of vehicles have network communication capability. Unlike previously proposed schemes that require a dedicated vehicular public key infrastructure to certify individual vehicles, in our approach RSUs are the only components issuing the certificates. Due to the differences of moving dynamics among vehicles, it is rare to have two vehicles passing by multiple RSUs at exactly the same time. By exploiting this spatial and temporal correlation between vehicles and RSUs, two messages will be treated as Sybil attack issued by one vehicle if they have the similar timestamp series issued by RSUs. The timestamp series approach needs neither vehicular-based public-key infrastructure nor Internet accessible RSUs, which makes it an economical solution suitable for the initial stage of VANET.","PeriodicalId":338641,"journal":{"name":"MILCOM 2009 - 2009 IEEE Military Communications Conference","volume":"345 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123387656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the performance of estimators for burst-mode offset QPSK","authors":"M. Rice, E. Perrins","doi":"10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5380012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5380012","url":null,"abstract":"The Cramér-Rao bound for the joint estimator of carrier frequency offset, carrier phase offset, and symbol timing offset for offset QPSK is derived and used to identify “good” training sequences. Conveniently, sequences that repeat a single OQPSK constellation point are found to be the “best” for all three estimators when half-sine pulse shaping is used.","PeriodicalId":338641,"journal":{"name":"MILCOM 2009 - 2009 IEEE Military Communications Conference","volume":"22 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123728269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Textile material characterization for SoftWear antennas","authors":"J. Lilja, P. Salonen","doi":"10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5380112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5380112","url":null,"abstract":"Modern industrial textile materials are composed of mechanically strong fibers that find their applications in integrated antennas within soldier's garment and armors in ballistic protection as well. This paper will cover electromagnetic characterization of such textile materials for SoftWear antenna substrate. Dielectric permittivity and loss tangent are analyzed and measured in varying relative humidity and temperature. In addition, the application of conductive textile materials to antennas is analyzed and discussed thoroughly.","PeriodicalId":338641,"journal":{"name":"MILCOM 2009 - 2009 IEEE Military Communications Conference","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122003899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Beering, Shirley Tseng, J. Hayden, Aaron Corder, T. Ooi, D. Elwell, Henry Grabowski, Ryan Frederic, Jordan Franks, Ronald Fish, A. M. Johnson, Nicholas E. Gavin
{"title":"RF communication data model for satellite networks","authors":"D. Beering, Shirley Tseng, J. Hayden, Aaron Corder, T. Ooi, D. Elwell, Henry Grabowski, Ryan Frederic, Jordan Franks, Ronald Fish, A. M. Johnson, Nicholas E. Gavin","doi":"10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5379814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5379814","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the database structure of an RF taxonomy modeling tool being developed on a Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Phase II, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) augmentation contract. The tool is called the Communications System Taxonomy (CommTax) toolkit. The data model underlying the CommTax toolkit will be available to other users as a framework for the transfer of data to other system design tools. With the augmentation authorization, CommTax will include interoperation with Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) Satellite Toolkit (STK), satellite modeling tool as well as the original task of interoperating with Scalable Network Technology's (SNT) QualNet network modeling tool. Interoperation with STK will enable a better visualization of a scenario that is set-up and run with CommTax. The QualNet interoperation enables CommTax to determine whether a scenario model is capable of passing enough data fast enough over the various IP and bit-stream, wired and wireless MDA networks to support a successful running of a scenario even if other data could cause congestion on the networks. The purpose of CommTax is to enable the communication engineer to model communications among multiple disparate nodes in the BMDS using Internet Protocol (IP) compliant networks for interconnection. The database framework and data interoperability objectives of the CommTax toolkit, are described in this paper","PeriodicalId":338641,"journal":{"name":"MILCOM 2009 - 2009 IEEE Military Communications Conference","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122555053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Admission control for multiple access in fading G-IC networks","authors":"Joseph Thomas","doi":"10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5379979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5379979","url":null,"abstract":"A framework for multiple access protocols supporting the admission and sustenance of concurrent transmissions in Gaussian interference channels (G-IC) encountered in opportunistic unstructured networks or unused spectral bands under quasi-static fading is proposed. Each node is assumed to be equipped with successive decoding capabilities and seeks admission to the network by requesting a minimum rate, stipulating its maximum tolerable probability of information-theoretic outage, and specifying its energy budget. Admission rules are proposed for both the high and low signal to interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) regimes. These decision rules are based on the ability of the existing nodes in the network to maintain their performance levels and satisfy their own constraints subsequent to potentially admitting the new transmit-receive node pair. Significant increases in admission rates are observed over conventional multiple access strategies across the range of SINRs encountered in practice.","PeriodicalId":338641,"journal":{"name":"MILCOM 2009 - 2009 IEEE Military Communications Conference","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122687664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Gottlieb, S. Mau, C. Chiang, R. Chadha, Kimberly Moeltner, Thomas D'Silva, Y. Kumar
{"title":"Gateway selection in multitiered mobile ad hoc networks","authors":"Y. Gottlieb, S. Mau, C. Chiang, R. Chadha, Kimberly Moeltner, Thomas D'Silva, Y. Kumar","doi":"10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5379739","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5379739","url":null,"abstract":"Mobile ad-hoc networks, such as tactical networks, are frequently implemented using multiple subnets, or tiers, so that nodes in one tier can communicate to nodes in another tier only through gateways that can communicate in two of the tiers. The selection of the gateway nodes affects the robustness and performance of the connected subnets. This paper presents an algorithm for selecting gateways in multitiered networks. The algorithm selects gateway nodes based on the performance impact, both current and predicted, to the network traffic. The algorithm is tunable to respond to restrictions on the number of permitted gateways and the number of standby gateways desired. This paper describes an implementation of the algorithm that controls nodes in a simulated network and presents directions for future research.","PeriodicalId":338641,"journal":{"name":"MILCOM 2009 - 2009 IEEE Military Communications Conference","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123838498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Search+: A resource efficient Peer-to-Peer service discovery mechanism","authors":"Magnus Skjegstad, U. Roedig, F. T. Johnsen","doi":"10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5379898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5379898","url":null,"abstract":"A recent feasibility study suggests that a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) will be central within the NATO Network Enabled Capabilities information infrastructure. An important element of a SOA is the service discovery process, but existing solutions are not sufficient in military networks. We suggest to use a robust Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network as a complement. Unfortunately, available P2P search algorithms have high bandwidth requirements which cannot be supported by low-bandwidth links in tactical networks. This paper describes a new search algorithm named Search+ which is designed for tactical networks with limited bandwidth resources. The evaluation of Search+ presented in this paper shows that it outperforms existing search algorithms in terms of bandwidth consumption while achieving comparable search success rates.","PeriodicalId":338641,"journal":{"name":"MILCOM 2009 - 2009 IEEE Military Communications Conference","volume":"300 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124282635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OFDM signals based on shaping filters","authors":"S. Yang","doi":"10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5380010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5380010","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we formulate OFDM signals based on explicit pulse shaping filtering. A rectangular pulse in time domain for shaping filtering is most often used, but it has SNR loss compared to a shaping filter with a brick-wall frequency domain filter since in practice both require guard time or guard band. Our formulation of OFDM signal based purely on shaping filter may provide a common platform, and both can be implemented efficiently using DFT and commutating polyphase filters.","PeriodicalId":338641,"journal":{"name":"MILCOM 2009 - 2009 IEEE Military Communications Conference","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125116908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High performance microwave photonic links using double sideband suppressed carrier modulation and balanced coherent heterodyne detection","authors":"C. Middleton, R. DeSalvo","doi":"10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5380042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5380042","url":null,"abstract":"Optical transmission of microwave signals offers many advantages such as increased bandwidth; immunity to electromagnetic interference; reduction of size, weight and power consumption; and low, frequency-independent loss over long distances. But microwave photonic links often lack the performance required to replace traditional microwave links. We present a microwave photonic link architecture that enables high gain and dynamic range, low noise figure, and multi-octave bandwidth operation. Our method uses double sideband suppressed carrier modulation together with a balanced coherent heterodyne detection scheme. The modulation method increases link linearity by producing amplitude modulation based on the optical field rather than intensity. The combination of carrier suppression, optical amplification, phase-locked local oscillator insertion, and balanced detection provide high signal-efficient gain, reduced intermodulation distortion, wide-band operation, and low link noise. The resulting link places this microwave photonic approach in the same performance realm as state-of-the-art microwave links.","PeriodicalId":338641,"journal":{"name":"MILCOM 2009 - 2009 IEEE Military Communications Conference","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126071217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}