International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 18-21, 2004 / Town & Country Resort, San Diego, California / The Technical Committee 9 (TC-9) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Instrument and Measurement Society wants to ensure that all members of the IEEE 1451 family of standards conform to a common set of basic functionality and have, at some level, a common interface. To this end, the IEEE p1451.0 working group has been chartered to prepare an overarching standard that will define the operation of the other members of the family while still leaving the physical interface up to the various other standards working groups. The IEEE p1451.0 will define the general functionality required of an IEEE 1451 transducer, a common command set that is appropriate to all family members, and the core set of transducer electronic data sheets (TEDS). This paper gives a brief overview of the overall functionality and follows that with a description of the commands and the TEDS.

Les handovers sont des phénomènes inévitables dans les réseaux sans-fil mobiles. Lors du passage d'une station mobile d'un point d'accès à un autre, le handover affecte la qualité des transmissions, et ainsi, il est néfaste à la performance des réseaux sans-fil. De nombreuses techniques de réduction du délai lié au handover ont été proposées, mais la plupart ne sont pas adaptées aux attentes du nouveau type de réseau sans-fil mobile qu'est le réseau véhiculaire. Ce travail propose donc l'implémentation d'une méthode de réduction du délai encouru lors d'un handover dans les réseaux véhiculaires qui opèrent sous une technologie d'accès sans-fil adaptée pour les besoins des réseaux véhiculaires. Le travail est composé de deux blocs : le premier est l'implémentation d'IEEE 802.11p, qui est une variante de la norme générique d'IEEE 802.11 et qui est développée spécialement pour l'accès dans les réseaux véhiculaires, dans un simulateur de réseaux. L'autre partie concerne le choix d'une méthode de réduction du délai lié à l'étape de la recherche du handover. En tenant compte des réalités technologiques, le choix s'est porté sur une technique préconisant l'utilisation des cache pour contenir et diffuser de l'information sur les points d'accès avoisinants. La méthode proposée a été testée et a donné de très bons résultats réalistes. L'intégration des modules complémentaires pour refléter l'ensemble de la technique proposée au niveau du simulateur s'est aussi faite sans problèmes majeurs.

ITC/USA 2008 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Fourth Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 27-30, 2008 / Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, California / The majority of currently operating flight test programs around the world utilize PCM-based airborne instrumentation systems. Most instrumentation engineers are very comfortable with PCM-based data acquisition systems, and feel uncomfortable when talking about network implementations and the adoption of iNET. In order for these engineers to embrace this new technology, migrating from a PCM to network topology must be done in an evolutionary manner that provides for the preservation of capital investment while introducing new system concepts that enhance current instrumentation systems. This paper describes hardware components that enable instrumentation engineers to migrate their existing PCM-based instrumentation system to a network-based system. Several of these components are discussed to illustrate how they provide a controlled migration path to a network-based system. These components include time distribution, gateways, network data selectors, network switches, transmitters, transceivers, and recorders.

ITC/USA 2015 Conference Proceedings / The Fifty-First Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 26-29, 2015 / Bally's Hotel & Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV / Digital data distribution systems are widely used in Aerospace and Defense products to allow devices to communicate with one another. In many cases it is desirable to monitor the data traffic flowing between two points in a copper or fiber based Operational or Onboard Network System (ONS) for Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI) purposes because these ONS systems may carry important data which can be used without duplicating/installing a specific FTI data acquisition system to receive this data. The two types of network taps that can be used are Inline Network Taps and network end-point taps. This paper examines the usage of Inline Network Taps for FTI applications and how they can support network access strategies and objectives. An Inline Network Tap is a hardware device which allows access to data flowing across a network. These devices are typically active/powered and have a number of ports: a first tap port, a second tap port, and one or more mirror ports. An in-line network tap inserted between the first and second tap port passes all data traffic through unimpeded but also copies that same data to one or more mirror ports. Some Inline Network Tap devices may also pass packets when the tap is not powered or a malfunction is detected on the device via an integrated by-pass function. If the Inline Network Tap device goes offline the unit automatically bypasses the tap connection and data traffic is directed through the bypass directly to network devices. This capability is crucial for inline usage on mission critical network segments that cannot afford the risk of losing the network connection. An in-line network tap can either be based on copper or fiber technology and as a "filterable" network tap can also provide advanced packet filtering capabilities. These filterable network taps can selectively pass data, e.g., based on VLAN ID or other parameters, to a mirror port for deep analysis, monitoring and recording. Another advanced tap function that is presented in this paper is the support for inserting time stamps at the tap level in monitored packets which provides a reference time when the data content of a given packet was generated at a data source. This capability is a significant feature for FTI applications as most ONS systems do not provide time stamped data.

Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited / With the rapid employment of wireless networks commercially, the military is seeking viable solutions for providing high-speed wireless network throughout the battle space. The IEEE 802.11a wireless LAN presents an attractive solution pro-viding up to 54 Mbps data-link bandwidth. Moreover, it operates in the less congested 5-GHz U-NII band and possesses more operating channels. This research implemented two prototype systems using low-cost commercially available hardware. The Cisco Ai-ronet 1400 wireless bridge and the Proxim Tsunami MP. 11a wireless system were chosen for their superior specifications and for their reputation of being market leaders in IEEE 802.11 wireless products. The performances of the prototype systems were evaluated in three operational environments (land, water and vegetation). The data collected were then compared to the theo-retical performance. / Civilian, Ministry of Defense, Singapore

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / Wireless networks can be broadly classified into two types - infrastructure based networks and ad hoc networks. The former uses fixed base stations (infrastructure) which are responsible for coordinating communication between the mobile hosts (nodes). These base stations are interconnected by wired back bones, where as mobile nodes communicate with the base station through the wireless media. The latter one consists of mobile nodes which communicate with each other through wireless medium without any fixed infrastructure. Hence there is no centralized infrastructure that takes care of the routing of information among the participants in the network. There has been a growing interest in ad hoc network in recent years as mobile devices have become more powerful and are capable of processing data like their desktop counterparts. When such a capability is available these devices should be able to share information among them without reliance on existing network infrastructure. Mobile devices are self configurable into either infrastructure or ad hoc mode. Protocols and software have been developed to enable mobile devices to connect to an infrastructure node, where as the same is not the case in the ad hoc environment. Host mobility causes frequent and unpredictable topological changes in a wireless environment. Finding and maintaining routes in ad hoc networks is a non trivial task. This thesis will develop software components that will enable communication in an ad hoc network. These components could be used to build collaborative services in such and ad hoc (802.11) wireless environment. / Major, Indian Air Force

The purpose of this research was to develop a mobile ad-hoc network for collaborative Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) based on a mesh networking standard called IEEE 802.11s. A low-cost, small form-factor, IEEE 802.11a based wireless modem was selected and integrated with the existing flight control system developed at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) UAV Laboratory. A self-configurable user-space application on the wireless modem was developed to provide functionality to collaborative algorithms, and to monitor the performance of the wireless network. The RAMS simulator, developed at VCU, was upgraded to support the simulation of advanced networking capabilities by integrating with a simulator called ns-3. The reconfigurability and performance of the IEEE 802.11s mesh network was validated and evaluated by conducting real-world flights. The results show that the IEEE 802.11s is a promising solution for collaborative UAV applications.

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. / The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' new 802.16 standard is set to revolutionize the delivery of Broadband Wireless Access (BWA), much as the 802.11 "Wi-Fi" standard transformed wireless access to Local Area Networks. The standard describes a set of Medium Access Controls (MAC) and Air Interfaces that cover a broad range of broadcast frequencies and applications. As a result, manufacturers are developing 802.16 compliant equipment for high speed point-to-point circuits and point-to-multipoint circuits dubbed Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks (WMANs). These networks can span several miles and contain hundreds of subscribers. Shortly after 802.11 "Wi-Fi" systems became widespread, several serious Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities inherent to the standard were discovered. This thesis examines the MAC layer of the 802.16 standard to determine whether these types of denial of service vulnerabilities are also present in the new standard. Also examined are vulnerabilities that may be unique to the 802.16 standard. / Lieutenant, United States Navy

La plupart des réseaux WSN utilisent une bande passante industrielle, scientifique et médicale (ISM) sans licence, qui crée un phénomène probable d'interférence sur un canal donné. Le débit du système est influencé par les interférences car il peut être encombré, causant des pertes de paquets, des retransmissions, une instabilité de liaison et un comportement de protocole incohérent. Dans la recherche sur les réseaux de capteurs sans fil, la simulation est l’une des approches essentielles pour évaluer un protocole de système ou de performance. La précision des résultats estimés dépend des paramètres de simulation sélectionnés. Dans les analyses existantes sur WSN, des modèles d'interférence simples sont utilisés dans les simulations. Cependant, ces modèles d'interférence ne sont pas assez précis pour l'analyse pratique d'applications de réseau de capteurs sans fil. De plus, la croissance rapide dans le domaine des réseaux WSN implique la nécessité de créer de nouveaux simulateurs dotés de capacités plus spécifiques pour lutter contre les effets de propagation par brouillage et par trajets multiples. La recherche a pour objectif principal de rechercher un environnement de simulation approprié permettant aux chercheurs de vérifier de nouvelles idées et de comparer les solutions futures. / Most of WSNs use unlicensed Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency band that makes interference probable phenomenon on a given channel.System throughput gets influenced by the interference as it can congest wireless medium, cause packet drops, re-transmissions, link instability, and inconsistent protocol behavior. In wireless sensor network research, simulation is one of the essential approaches to asses and evaluate system or protocol performance. The accuracy of estimated results depends on selected simulation parameters. In existing analysis on WSN, simple interference models are used in simulations. However, these interference models are not accurate enough for practical wireless sensor network applications analysis.Moreover, the rapid growth in the field of WSNs entails the need of creating new simulators that have more specific capabilities to tackle interference and multipath propagation effects.Finding a suitable simulation environment that allows researchers to verify new ideas and compare proposed future solutions is main task of this research.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:31:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcelus Guirardello.pdf: 2153688 bytes, checksum: be50be16f89d021ebb7cf89fb146485c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-11-21 / This work presents a proposal of politic that prioritize the access to the wireless medium, considering environment conditions. The QoS policy considers the propagation conditions, through the analyze of the signal to noise ratio and type of service. The prioritization proposal considers each access category (AC) of the 802.11e standard, using queues with different priorities. The proposal uses the parameters specified by the 802.11e, through a dedicated firmware. This prioritization enables a new strategy for the QoS policy, for example to provide the station with the highest rate of transmission a biggest probability to access the medium. This work presents an experimental approach, through a channel emulator. The tests consider three different scenarios to evaluate the performance of the original MAC and the performance of queue priority, considering the effects of the parameters CWmin and AIFSN. The experiments developed in the work demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed policy. / Este trabalho apresenta uma proposta de pol?tica que priorize o acesso sem fio ao meio, considerando as condi??es do ambiente. A pol?tica de QoS considera as condi??es de propaga??o, atrav?s da an?lise da rela??o sinal ru?do e do tipo de servi?o. A prioriza??o proposta considera o acesso cada categoria (AC), do padr?o 802.11e, utilizando filas com diferentes prioridades. A proposta utiliza os par?metros definidos pela 802.11e, atrav?s de um firmware dedicado. Essa prioriza??o possibilita uma nova estrat?gia para a pol?tica de QoS, por exemplo, para fornecer a uma esta??o com taxa mais alta maior probabilidade de acesso ao meio. Este trabalho apresenta uma abordagem experimental, atrav?s de um emulador de canal. Os testes consideram tr?s cen?rios diferentes para avaliar o desempenho da MAC original e do desempenho da prioriza??o de fila proposta, considerando os efeitos dos par?metros CWmin e AIFSN. As experi?ncias desenvolvidas no ?mbito do trabalho demonstram a efic?cia da pol?tica proposta.