Scalable Real-Time Analysis Environment for Wireless Networks

Hardware- and software-in-the-loop models offer an efficient and scalable approach for analysis of heterogeneous communication networks. A virtual laboratory that integrates a physical test-bed with a much larger simulated network, can incorporate realistic physical effects while simultaneously scaling the analysis to much larger networks than are realizable with a purely physical testbed. The eventual objective of this SBIR project is to develop a framework to allow for accurate technical and operational insights into full scale performance of the JTRS and related DoD networks, particularly as they are scaled up to configurations that include many thousands of radios. The proposed framework will be built using advanced hardware/software-in-the-loop simulation technologies that support the integration of high-fidelity simulation models of the physical environment and network protocols to directly support operational software and network services. The framework will use parallel model execution to ensure that model fidelity is not sacrificed as the size of the simulated network is scaled upwards. The Phase 2 effort will demonstrate the ability to achieve this capability for selected waveforms from the JTRS radio.