Consensus Based Operating Picture for Distributed Battlefield Management
Kartavya Neema, Shashank Tamaskar, Daniel A. DeLaurentis · 2016
Developing a Common Operating Picture (COP) is a key enabler for the success on the modern battlefield. In this paper, we propose a distributed approach for developing a Consensus Based Common Operating Picture (CBCOP) where the participating assets iteratively synchronize their local operating pictures and establish a consensus. This enables generation of a COP in a truly distributed fashion with multiple command and control nodes each having a consistent COP and thereby mitigating some of the issues with centralized COP. The effectiveness of this strategy can only be realized by the development of algorithms for distributed situational awareness and mission planning. Thus we suggest two specific state of art algorithms and demonstrate their effectiveness in generating CBCOP through simulations.