A Heterogeneous Battlefield Situation Information Sharing Method Based on Content

Cuntao Liu,Wendong Zhao,Junsheng Zhang,Aijing Li

doi:10.3390/app10010184

Cuntao Liu, Wendong Zhao + Show 2 more

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https://doi.org/10.3390/app10010184

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Abstract

Various information systems adopt different information category standards and description methods even for the same battlefield space. This leads to the heterogeneity of information distributed in different systems, which hinders the information sharing among different systems. In this paper, we adopt the idea of schema mapping and design a framework of realizing heterogeneous information sharing based on content. We design a concept-logic tree model to organize the battlefield situation information and realize the mapping from local concept models in different systems to a global unified concept model. By constructing a unified information space, we realize the centralized organization, storage, and management of entity description information. Then, the information broadcasting mechanism and content based information query mechanism are designed to realize information sharing. Theoretical analysis and experiment results verify the effectiveness of the proposed framework.

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In the battlefield, realizing an effective acquisition, transmission, and use of battlefield situation information is important for the formulation of a combat plan, deployment of combat forces, and execution of combat operations
To realize effective information sharing based on the proposed framework, we focused on the general description of heterogeneous information, the construction method of the unified battlefield situation information space, and the content based query mechanism
Based on above analysis and research, we took two combat information systems A and B as the specific research object to build the demonstration scene of heterogeneous information sharing, which is as shown in Figure 12, where the messages transmitted within A and B were in different formats; message simulator were used to generate formatted messages according to predefined message content or randomly; the sharing platform was used to realize information sharing between A and B based on the information sharing framework proposed in this paper; terminals were used to simulate the combat units working in A or B

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In the battlefield, realizing an effective acquisition, transmission, and use of battlefield situation information is important for the formulation of a combat plan, deployment of combat forces, and execution of combat operations. Different services and arms have developed various combat information systems with respect to their combat missions, core operational capabilities, and equipment technical conditions. Joint operations have become the dominant mode of warfare, in which multiple combat information systems coexist. The main reasons include: (1) No single combat information system can meet the diversified operational requirements of different combat units with different services and arms. (3) The original information systems are still playing their roles well in the specific fields, but the capability of a single information system is limited. Influenced by the limitation of the reconnaissance scope and reconnaissance capability of reconnaissance equipment, a single information system only describes the information of some operational targets in a specific area of the entire battlefield space. It is urgent to realize the effective information sharing among different systems

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