Networking and Intelligent Agents

Airborne Networking

Information and decision superiority of the US Armed forces depends upon extending the capabilities of the Global Information Grid (GIG) into space and airborne environments. The Department of Defense (DoD) is engaged in initial efforts to develop an Internet Protocol (IP) based airborne network (AN), in order to interconnect mobile air platforms and provides interconnectivity with space and terrestrial networks.

UC is developing tools that will assist the Air Force on deployment and mission planning for the Airborne Network of the future. In particular UC is interested in the following areas of Airborne Networking

• Routing protocols for Airborne Network.
• Mission planning and trajectory optimization.
• Objective gateway for interoperability with ground forces.
• Security and QoS issues in Airborne Network routing.
• Application of Airborne Network in de-confliction strategies for autonomous Air Traffic Control.

UC’s routing protocol performs better than existing protocols for MANETs in the airborne scenario

PUBLICATIONS

A. Tiwari, A. Ganguli and A. Sampath, "Towards a Mission Planning Toolbox for the Airborne Network: Optimizing Ground Coverage under Connectivity Constraints", IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2008 (To appear).