Tactical Data Link Channel Status Assessment Using AHP-TOPSIS
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current tactical data link systems require manual intervention by a network manager to determine comprehensive channel status, which is inefficient and cannot adapt quickly to the dynamic nature of battlefield environments, leading to potential data loss and communication errors.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus using AHP-TOPSIS to automatically assess network channel status by defining indicators, setting weights, and classifying channel status into four categories without human intervention, enabling real-time monitoring and adaptation to battlefield dynamics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual intervention by network manager is used to determine comprehensive channel status, then assessment accuracy can be maintained through expert judgment, but system efficiency deteriorates due to delayed response in dynamic battlefield environments
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-assessment of channel status by automatically collecting indicator data, calculating comprehensive status values, and generating assessments without requiring network manager intervention. The apparatus autonomously executes the evaluation process that previously required manual expert analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of network manager assessment with an automated computational system. The apparatus uses algorithmic processing to substitute human expert judgment with automated indicator-based evaluation, achieving both speed and consistency.
2Reliability
If multiple network status indicators are collected and analyzed, then comprehensive channel status determination improves, but system complexity increases requiring manual intervention to manage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex channel status assessment into distinct indicator categories (node status, congestion state, connection quality) with specific lower-level indicators for each. This hierarchical segmentation allows automated processing of multiple indicators while maintaining manageable system structure through clear categorization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms multiple qualitative and quantitative network indicators into standardized numerical parameters that can be automatically processed. By converting diverse indicator types into comparable parameter formats with assigned weights, the system enables automated comprehensive assessment without manual intervention.
3Reliability
If real-time monitoring of network channel status is implemented, then operational reliability improves by preventing data loss, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential indicator data required for channel status assessment from the overall network information stream. By selecting and processing only relevant indicators (node status, congestion, connection quality) rather than all available network data, the system achieves real-time monitoring with reduced information processing requirements.
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AI summary
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for determining a network channel status of a tactical data link. The method performed by the network channel status determining apparatus includes: defining indicators for network terminal channel status; setting weights for higher-level indicators and lower-level indicators, out of the indicators; calculating a combined weight for each lower-level indicator; setting criteria for lower-level indicator values of a reference channel; receiving the lower-level indicator values; and calculating higher-level indicator values and determining top-level indicator channel status.