# Research on Communication Stability of Inter-Cannonball Network Based on OPNET
## 6 Conclusions and Future Works  
The reliability of inter-cannonball network communication is investigated in this paper. The inter-cannonball network communication allows numerous cannonballs to work together to strike the target, which may boost the effectiveness of the strike and save strategic resources. Due to cannonball properties and military strike application requirements, the topology of inter-cannonball communication network nodes changes frequently. To investigate the dependability of the communication network, we constructed and simulated the communication system for the mobility and failure rate of the inter-cannonball self-organizing network and assessed the impact of these two factors on the communication stability of the system.  
Based on the simulation results, the impact on the reliability of the communication network is minor when the node damage rate reaches 10%; then, when the rate increases to 20%, the reliability of the network is clearly reduced. Moving node speed, on the other hand, has less influence on steady-state aspects of network communication than failure rate, whereas moving node speed has a greater influence on the pre-construction communication routing stage. The stability time of a network grows as network speed increases. Despite the fact that the route discovery time and wireless LAN latency increase when the movement speed or node damage rate rises, the communication network satisfies  
Figure 12: Harsh environment simulation. (**a**) number of hops per route, (**b**) route discovery time, (**c**) throughput, (**d**) wireless LAN delay.  
the essential communication criteria and demonstrates the viability of inter-cannonball group communication.  
Based on the findings of this paper, more research is being planned. First, the communication network investigated in this research employs flat routing; layered routing will be implemented in the future. The communication network is designed to have a greater reach and more nodes while maintaining communication stability. In addition to the control information, the data supplied by the intelligent cannonball also contain environmental monitoring data. The control information is prohibited from having a bit error rate (BER); however, the environmental information may have a modest BER range. The associated data processing algorithm will be built at a later date.  
Conceptualization, X.L.; Data curation, W.L.; Formal analysis, W.L.; Investigation, W.L.; Methodology, X.L.; Resources, Z.Z. and X.L.; Software, J.H.; Supervision, Z.Z.; Validation, Z.Z.; Visualization, J.H.; Writing--original draft, J.H. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.  
This research was funded by [National Natural Science Foundation of Chinal] grant number [61975015] and [Henan Province Education Department Project] grant number [21B510014] And The APC was funded by [Beijing Information Science & Technology University].  
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