Patent Publication Number: US-11392842-B2

Title: Integrated-system simulation system obtained from simulation system having C3 system of systems

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2018-0046688 filed on Apr. 23, 2018, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
     BACKGROUND 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to an integrated-system simulation system obtained from a simulation system having a command, control, and communication (C3) system of systems (SoS), and more particularly, to an integrated-system simulation system generated by abstraction. 
     2. Discussion of Related Art 
     In a modern battlefield, a communication (C) system performs an important role in sharing battlefield situations and transferring information among command and control (C2) systems which are geographically distributed. To analyze such communication in detail, in national defense modeling and simulation, C system analysis is carried out through a C3 SoS composed of C2 and C systems. 
     So far, research has been conducted to analyze communication performance of a C system with respect to various battlefield scenarios in the national defense simulation field. Specifically, a battlefield scenario is statistically hypothesized in advance to construct a simplex model for traffic and mobility, and is combined with a whole C simulator to conduct the research. 
     In recent research, to reflect realistic traffic and mobility, a C2 simulator in which a battlefield scenario is implemented interoperates with a C simulator and thereby constitutes a C3 SoS such that C system analysis is carried out. 
       FIG. 1  schematically shows a structure for analyzing an SoS C system. SoS-based C system analysis shown in  FIG. 1  has a time constraint that a long execution time is required for simulation of interoperation between a C simulator and a C2 simulator and a spatial constraint that C simulator analysis is allowed only when a C2 simulator exists. 
     To overcome these constraints, it is necessary to analyze an integrated system, and a simplex model is constructed in existing research. In this case, however, a traffic and mobility model is constructed without considering an input received from an external system, such as a C simulator, and thus has an output only. Therefore, when the simplex traffic and mobility model instead of a C2 simulator is applied to a C3 SoS, it is not possible to analyze how C2 simulation is affected by simulation results of the C simulator. In other words, it is impossible to apply changes in traffic and mobility resulting from C simulation to entire simulation. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention is directed to providing a communication analysis method in an integrated system environment in which a command and control (C2) model constructed in a full-duplex manner by abstracting traffic and mobility of a C2 system is combined with a communication (C) system. 
     According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an integrated-system simulation system obtained from a simulation system having a command, control, and communication (C3) system of systems (SoS), the integrated-system simulation system including: an abstracted C2 model including a traffic model including inter-node traffic information transferred according to time, a mobility model including position information of nodes, and an interface model configured to make the traffic model and the mobility model interoperate; and a C model configured to be combined with the abstracted C2 model so as to interact with the abstracted C2 model in a full-duplex manner. The abstracted C2 model is generated by acquiring traffic and mobility data between the C2 model and the C model of the SoS simulation system, hypothesizing a form of an abstracted C2 model, and learning the traffic and mobility data acquired from the SoS simulation system and determining variables of the abstracted C2 model form. 
     The traffic model may include variables of a time interval IDT between packets, whether there is a connection C between the nodes, an initial time TST at which packet generation is started, and a time TET at which packet generation is finished. 
     The traffic model may perform a process including: generating traffic at time intervals of T IDT  for a time of T START  in an initial state; receiving communication effects from the interface model; learning the generated traffic and the communication effects received from the interface model with a machine learning-based neural network and determining the variables of the time interval IDT between packets, whether there is the connection C between the nodes, the initial time TST at which packet generation is started, and the time TET at which packet generation is finished; and when there is the connection C between the nodes, generating traffic at the intervals IDT after a time difference between TST and T START  elapses, and stopping traffic generation at the time TET, and when there is not the connection C between the nodes, generating no traffic. 
     The mobility model may include variables of a probability P MOVE  of a node shifting to a moving state MOVE, a time D MOVE  for which the node stays in the moving state MOVE, a time D STOP  for which the node stays in a stop state STOP, and a moving speed SPD and an angle ANG of the node moving in the moving state MOVE. 
     The mobility model may perform a process including: calculating initial position information of the node; receiving communication effects from the interface model; determining the variables of P MOVE , D MOVE , D STOP , SPD, and ANG on the basis of the initial position information of the node and the communication effects received from the interface model by using a machine learning-based neural network; and updating the position information of the node through SPD and ANG for the time D MOVE  when the node is in the moving state MOVE, and not updating the position information of the node for the time D STOP  when the node is in the stop state STOP. 
     The interface model may calculate communication effects accumulated through events received from the C model and transfer the calculated communication effects to the traffic model and the mobility model. 
     Additionally, the interface model may receive traffic information and position information generated by the traffic model and the mobility model and transfer the received traffic information and position information to the C model. 
     The communication effects may be a packet delivery ratio (PDR) indicating a probability of arrival of an inter-node packet and an end-to-end delay indicating a delay time taken for a packet to arrive. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art by describing exemplary embodiments thereof in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: 
         FIG. 1  schematically shows a structure for analyzing a system of systems (SoS) communication (C) system; 
         FIG. 2  schematically shows an integrated-system simulation system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 3  schematically shows a transformation process from a command, control, and communication (C3) SoS simulation system to the integrated-system simulation system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  is a flowchart illustrating an abstraction process of an abstracted command and control (C2) model according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 5  schematically shows the abstraction process of  FIG. 4 ; 
         FIG. 6  shows a structure of the abstracted C2 model and combination of the abstracted C2 model and a C model according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 7  shows a detailed structure of a traffic model according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 8  shows a detailed structure of a mobility model according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 9  shows a detailed structure of an interface model according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 10  is a graph for comparing packet delivery ratios (PDRs) of a system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention and a system in which influence of a C model is not taken into consideration; and 
         FIG. 11  is a graph for comparing end-to-end delays of a system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention and a system in which influence of a C model is not taken into consideration. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS 
     Since the present invention may be modified in various ways and may have various forms, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. 
     The following detailed description is provided to help comprehensive understanding of a method, an apparatus, and/or a system disclosed herein. However, this is merely exemplary, and the present invention is not limited thereto. 
     While describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a known art related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. Terms which will be used below are defined in consideration of functionality in the present invention, which may vary according to an intention of a user or an operator or a usual practice. Therefore, definitions thereof should be made on the basis of the overall contents of this specification. Terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing exemplary embodiments of the present invention only and is not intended to be limiting. The singular forms are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should be understood that the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes,” and “including,” when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, numerals, steps, operations, elements, or some or combinations thereof, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, numerals, steps, operations, elements, or some or combinations thereof. 
     The terms “first,” “second,” etc. may be used to describe various components. However, the components are not limited by the terms, and the terms are used only to distinguish one component from other components. Hereinafter, an integrated-system simulation system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
       FIG. 2  schematically shows an integrated-system simulation system  1000  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
     The integrated-system simulation system  1000  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an abstracted command and control (C2) model  100  and a communication (C) model  200 . 
     The abstracted C2 model  100  includes a traffic model  110 , a mobility model  120 , and an interface model  130 . 
     According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in an abstraction process of a C2 simulator, the traffic model  110  and the mobility model  120  are constructed in consideration of full-duplex interaction with a C simulator so that a C system may be readily analyzed. 
     To this end, the traffic model  110  and the mobility model  120  are defined in a full-duplex manner, and a machine learning technique is used to learn variables of the models from data obtained through existing command, control, and communication (C3) system of systems (SoS) simulation. Subsequently, an abstracted C2 simulator is completed such that an integrated-system simulation system is constructed. 
       FIG. 3  schematically shows a transformation process from a C3 SoS simulation system to the integrated-system simulation system  1000  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
     The integrated-system simulation system  1000  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be implemented through an abstraction process of an SoS simulation system. 
     According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an abstraction process is performed on a situation in which a C system in a C3 SoS is analyzed as shown in  FIG. 3 . 
     In the C3 SoS shown on the left side of  FIG. 3 , an output (an input of a C system in a direction a) of a C2 system is affected by an input (an output of the C system in a direction b) of the C2 system. 
     To reflect this characteristic as it is, the C2 system is abstracted so that an output (in a direction c) of the abstracted C2 model  100  shown on the right side of  FIG. 3  is affected by an input (in a direction d) of the C2 system. In this process, the C system which is an analysis target is used as it is without abstraction, and only the C2 system is abstracted, such that the entire C3 SoS is transformed into an integrated system. 
     The abstraction process allows a reduction in simulation execution time and allows analysis even when there is no C2 system. The abstraction process will be described in detail below with reference to  FIG. 4 . 
       FIG. 4  is a flowchart illustrating an abstraction process of the abstracted C2 model  100  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and  FIG. 5  schematically shows the abstraction process of  FIG. 4 . 
     The abstraction process of the C2 model  100  in the C3 SoS includes an operation of acquiring traffic and mobility data between the C2 model and the C model of the SoS simulation system (S 100 ), an operation of hypothesizing a form of an abstracted C2 model (S 200 ), and an operation of learning the traffic and mobility data acquired from the SoS simulation system and determining variables of the abstracted C2 model form (S 300 ). 
     In operation S 100 , traffic and mobility data between the C2 model and the C model of the SoS simulation system is acquired. Abstraction requires data from the SoS, and to this end, an experimental design method for extracting experimental points may be performed before SoS simulation (see (a) of  FIG. 5 ). Subsequently, a C3 SoS simulation process is performed with respect to the experimental points, and traffic and mobility data exchanged between the C system and the C2 system is acquired in this process (see (b) of  FIG. 5 ). 
     In operation S 200 , the form of an abstracted C2 model is hypothesized. After data is acquired through operation S 100 , the form of the C2 model is hypothesized first (see (c-1) in (c) of  FIG. 5 ). 
     In operation S 300 , the traffic and mobility data acquired from the SoS simulation system is learned, and variables of the abstracted C2 model form are determined. 
     Metamodeling is performed on the variables of the model on the basis of the data obtained from the SoS (see (c-2) in (c) of  FIG. 5 ). After an abstracted C2 model is constructed, the abstracted C2 model is combined with the existing C system to constitute an integrated system (see (d) of  FIG. 5 ). 
       FIG. 6  shows a structure of the abstracted C2 model  100  and combination of the abstracted C2 model  100  and the C model  200  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
     In a C3 SoS, a C2 system is composed of various battlefield elements, such as maneuver, detection, engagement, and the like. However, for C system analysis, only elements required for the analysis are extracted from the elements and constitute an abstracted C2 model. 
     Meanwhile, C system analysis generally requires traffic information, mobility information, and network information (connection information among nodes), whereas in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the required information is abstracted into a traffic model and a mobility model to handle a case in which network information is determined by traffic and mobility information. In a process of connecting the traffic and mobility models and a C model, an interface model for directly replacing an existing C2 system without modifying an input or output is constructed. 
     As shown in  FIG. 6 , the abstracted C2 model according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes the traffic model  110 , the mobility model  120 , and the interface model  130 . 
     The traffic model  110  serves to generate data from a source node to a destination node, and one traffic model  110  is required for each pair of a source node and a destination node. 
     The mobility model  120  serves to generate position information of a corresponding node, and each node requires one mobility model  120 . 
     The interface model  130  serves to manage the traffic model  110  and the mobility model  120  overall by making the traffic model  110  and the mobility model  120  interoperate. 
     The traffic model  110  is affected by the C model  200 , and the interface model  130  serves to connect a packet delivery ratio (PDR) and an end-to-end delay of communication, which are affected by the C model  200 , to inputs of the traffic model  110  and the mobility model  120 . Here, the PDR refers to a probability of arrival of an inter-node packet, and the end-to-end delay refers to a delay time taken for a packet to arrive. 
     Such a role of the interface model  130  will be described with reference to  FIG. 5 . Since the C model  200  is a system (master-slave) structure which generates an output only when a message is requested by the abstracted C2 model  100 , it is necessary for the abstracted C2 model  100  to request traffic from the C model  200  for a certain initial time. 
     The interface model  130  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention transfers traffic generated by the traffic model  110  to the C model  200  via a C request port for the certain initial time of simulation. Subsequently, the interface model  130  receives communication effects of every event from the C model  200  via a C response port, accumulates the communication effects, and transfers average communication effects brought about for a certain time to the traffic model  110  and the mobility model  120  via a C result port. 
     The traffic model  110  and the mobility model  120  receiving the communication effects may calculate variable values therein by using the communication effects as inputs and complete a simulation model on the basis of the calculated variable values. 
     Detailed structures of the traffic model  110 , the mobility model  120 , and the interface model  130  constituting the abstracted C2 model  100  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be separately described below with reference to  FIGS. 7 to 9 . 
       FIG. 7  shows a detailed structure of the traffic model  110  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
     The traffic model  110  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes variables of a time interval IDT between packets, whether there is a connection C between nodes, an initial time TST at which packet generation is started, and a time TET at which packet generation is finished. 
     The traffic model  110  generates a packet at the time intervals IDT between the times TST and TET when there is C, and is a probabilistic discrete-event model which probabilistically varies depending on whether there is C. 
     Referring to  FIG. 7 , the traffic model  110  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention has a total of four states INIT, WAIT, START, and GEN. 
     The traffic model  110  generates traffic at time intervals of T IDT  for a time of T START  in the INIT state and then waits in the WAIT state. 
     Subsequently, the traffic model  110  receives communication effects, such as a PDR, an end-to-end delay, etc., from the interface model  130 , learns the generated traffic and the communication effects received from the interface model  130  with a machine learning-based neural network, and then calculates variable values of the time interval IDT between packets, whether there is the connection C between the nodes, the initial time TST at which packet generation is started, and the time TET at which packet generation is finished through predictIDT( ), predictConnection( ), predictTraficStartTime( ), and predictTrafficEnd( ) constituting the machine learning-based neural network. 
     When there is the connection C between the nodes, the traffic model  110  switches to the START state to generate traffic. After a time difference between TST and T START  (TST−T START ) elapses, the traffic model  110  switches to the GEN state and generates traffic at the intervals IDT. At the time TET, the traffic model  110  stops traffic generation and switches to the WAIT state. On the other hand, when there is not the connection C between the nodes, the traffic model  110  generates no traffic. Here, T START  is a start time of the traffic model  110 , and T IDT  is a time interval between pieces of traffic. 
     The above-described traffic model  110  may generate different forms of traffic according to communication effects calculated by the C model  200 . 
       FIG. 8  shows a detailed structure of the mobility model  120  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
     Referring to  FIG. 8 , the mobility model  120  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes variables of a probability P MOVE  of a node shifting to a moving state MOVE, a time D MOVE  for which the node stays in the moving state MOVE, a time D STOP  for which the node stays in a stop state STOP, and a moving speed SPD and an angle ANG of the node moving in the moving state MOVE. 
     A probability of the mobility model  120  staying in a (MOVE, pos) state is determined to be P_MOVE, and the mobility model  120  generates position information through SPD and ANG for a time of D_MOVE in the corresponding state or stays in a (STOP, pos) state for a time of D_STOP. The mobility model  120  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is also a probabilistic discrete-event model which probabilistically varies according to the value of D_MOVE. 
     The mobility model  120  has a total of three states (WAIT, pos), (MOVE, pos), and (STOP, pos). 
     At first, in the (WAIT, pos) state, the mobility model  120  calculates initial position information of a node and waits. Like the traffic model  110 , after receiving communication effects from the interface model  130 , the mobility model  120  calculates variable values of P MOVE , D MOVE , D STOP , SPD, and ANG through predictProbMove( ), predictDMove( ), predictDStop( ), predictSpeed( ), and predictAngle( ) constituting a machine learning-based neural network on the basis of the initial position information of the node and the communication effects received from the interface model  130 . 
     The mobility model  120  updates the position information of the node through SPD and 
     ANG for the time D MOVE  in the moving state (MOVE, pos) of the node, and does not update the position information for the time D STOP  in the stop state (STOP, pos). 
     The mobility model  120  stays in the (MOVE, pos) state with a probability value of P_MOVE every time each state ends. The five variable values are affected by the C model  200  via the neural network, and thus the above-described mobility model  120  may generate other mobility information. 
       FIG. 9  shows a detailed structure of the interface model  130  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
     The interface model  130  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention calculates communication effects accumulated through events received from the C model  200  for the initial time of T START  and transfers the calculated results (communication effects) to the traffic model  110  and the mobility model  120  via the C result port. 
     Subsequently, the interface model  130  receives traffic information and position information generated by the traffic model  110  and the mobility model  120  via the C request port and transfers the received traffic information and position information to the C model  200 . 
     The interface model  130  according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention has a total of three states INIT, START, and SEND. 
     After the time of T START  elapses in the INIT state, the interface model  130  calculates a PDR and an end-to-end delay, which are average communication effects, through updateCommunicationResult( ), updates existing PDR and end-to-end delay, and transmits the updated PDR and end-to-end delay to the traffic model  110  and the mobility model  120 . 
     The traffic model  110  and the mobility model  120  receiving the PDR and the end-to-end delay determine variables, thereby determining variable values according to the communication effects. In this process, the interface model  130  serves to assist generation of the traffic model  110  and the mobility model  120  which vary according to status of the C model  200 , that is, communication effects. 
       FIG. 10  is a graph for comparing PDRs of a system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention and a system in which influence of a C model is not taken into consideration, and  FIG. 11  is a graph for comparing end-to-end delays of a system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention and a system in which influence of a C model is not taken into consideration. 
     In the graphs of  FIGS. 10 and 11 , x axes respectively denote a PDR and an end-to-end delay of an SoS, and y axes respectively denote a PDR and an end-to-end delay of a system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The “Proposed method” corresponds to a system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and the “Existing method” corresponds to a system in which influence of a C model is not taken into consideration. 
     In the graphs, it is possible to say that the more symmetrical the x axis and the y axis, the more accurate. As analysis result, in  FIG. 10 , root mean square errors (RMSEs) are measured to be 0.0425 and 0.997, which correspond to 4.6281% and 10.8407% (a maximum value and a minimum value are 0.0491 and 0.9691, respectively). In  FIG. 11 , RMSEs are measured to be 0.0520 and 0.1304, which correspond to 4.3721% and 10.9647% (a maximum value and a minimum value are 0.0018 and 1.1915, respectively). 
     Meanwhile, execution times of the existing SoS system and the system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention are compared in Table 1 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 execution time 
                 # of processed events 
               
               
                   
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                 in the network system 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 SoS 
                 60.539 
                 2.539e+08 
               
               
                   
                 Integrated system 
                 16.025 
                 2.569e+08 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Referring to Table 1 above, it is possible to see that the execution time of the integrated system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is reduced to about ¼ of the execution time of the SoS system. 
     Also, it is possible to see that the PDR and the end-to-end delay of the integrated-system simulation system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention are similar to those of the SoS system. Therefore, the system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention makes it possible to not only simplify an existing SoS system (i.e., remarkably reducing the time required) but also bring about the same communication effects. 
     An integrated-system simulation system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention has the following effects. 
     The present invention allows efficient communication analysis with respect to an experimental scenario having various communication variables on the basis of a simulation execution time shortened through an abstraction process of a C2 system. 
     Effects that may be achieved by an integrated-system simulation system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention are not limited to those mentioned above, and other effects that have not been mentioned may be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains from the above description. 
     Although exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will appreciate that various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is to be determined by the following claims and their equivalents, and is not limited by the described exemplary embodiments.