Reliability evaluation of tactical internet based on cloud-mobility model

As a military mobile ad-hoc wireless network (MANET), tactical internet is mainly used in the division, brigade and below combat command units of data communication. However, dynamic and unpredictable topology has great influence on the successful completion of military tasks. As one of the most important performance measures of Tactical Internet (TI), reliability (the capacity of communication during movement) will be expected. To ensure reliability is achieved, this work describes the unique characteristics of TI, such as tactical intention, the fuzziness of upper-level intention and the randomness of lower-level mobility patterns. Cloud Model from Artificial Intelligence with Uncertainty is imported as a key algorithm to deal with the mobility model. The new methods adapt to cloudy-mobility model by treating the configuration probabilistically. Then presents a new method for approximating the wireless link and TI's reliability, which is transmission distance and capacity constrained. Thus, this paper expands upon these works by modifying the problem formulation to utilize a Monte Carlo simulation technique for the reliability analysis of a cloudy-mobility-based TI.