Soldiers, Agents and Wireless Networks: A Report on a Military Application
Bob Gray · 2000
Ideally soldiers in the field would have portable computing devices, which, connected with a wireless network, would provide access to military databases, terrain maps, and other soldiers. In this report and the associated invited talk, the author presents some routing and mobilecode technologies that have been developed to support soldiers in the field, as well as the highly intelligent network-sensing and planning agents that will be needed to fully solve the networking problems. 1. Introduction In current military operations, soldiers typically have voice communication only, which makes it difficult to access needed information and coordinate mission activities. Ideally each soldier would have a portable computing device through which they could query military databases, access maps of the surrounding terrain, view the positions of their fellow soldiers, and send complex observations to the mission planners at headquarters. Providing such computing capabilities to soldiers in the ...