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Avoiding Detection by Hostile Nodes in Airborne Tactical Networks

Published:2023-05-31 Issue:6 Volume:15 Page:204
ISSN:1999-5903
Container-title:Future Internet
language:en
Short-container-title:Future Internet

Author:

Ilie Dragos¹^ORCID,Grahn Håkan¹,Lundberg Lars¹,Westerhagen Alexander²,Granbom Bo³,Höök Anders⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Computer Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology, 371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden

2. Saab AB, Surveillance, 371 30 Karlskrona, Sweden

3. Saab AB, Aeronautics, 581 88 Linköping, Sweden

4. Saab AB, Surveillance, 412 76 Göteborg, Sweden

Abstract

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.

Funder

VINNOVA

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Computer Networks and Communications

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/15/6/204/pdf

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