Simulation Framework for Collaborative Fusion Research

Abstract

Abstract- This paper presents a case study of a Modelling and Simulation (M&S) Testbed Framework that has been proposed to facilitate research activities in sensor technology, fusion and decision support. The framework facilitates research activities through the creation and sharing of common resources like scenario generators, simulation engines, sensor/target models and visualisation tools. With this framework, common resources can be reused in a “plug and play ” manner and to facilitate the development of larger demonstrators. Two research institutes collaborated in the development of this framework, which consists of a suite of modular components and a standardised interface between them. The simulation testbed was successfully tested using a common scenario and fusion federates for tracking and classification of targets. The fusion federates consist of ground sensor networks (or network of fusion nodes using ground sensors) built independently from the two research institutes