SUO SAS radio intra-networking architecture

The Small Unit Operations Situation Awareness System (SUO SAS) is an individual warfighter communications system that provides support for training, mission planning, mission rehearsal, mission execution, and post-action analysis activities. it provides each soldier access to comprehensive and shared situation awareness (SA) information, as well as access to battlefield applications. The SUO SAS, also, provides the individual warfighter with reliable and robust voice, video, and data communications. The SUO SAS radio network with up to 10,000 nodes is required to operate under extremely volatile tactical environments. Therefore, a robust and scaleable intranetwork architecture is needed to maintain a functional SUO network. This paper defines the SUO intra-networking architecture. The SUO intra-networking protocols include the SUO network formation protocol, the SUO link-state routing protocol, and SUO cross-tier binding protocol. The network formation protocol creates and maintains the hierarchical structure of the SUO network.