IoBT-OS: Optimizing the Sensing-to-Decision Loop for the Internet of Battlefield Things

Dongxin Liu, Tarek Abdelzaher, Tianshi Wang, Yigong Hu, Jinyang Li, Shengzhong Liu, Matthew Caesar, Deepti Kalasapura, Joydeep Bhattacharyya, Nassy Srour, Maggie Wigness, Jae Kim, Guijun Wang, Greg Kimberly, Denis Osipychev, Shouchao Yao

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Abstract

Recent concepts in defense herald an increasing degree of automation of future military systems, with an emphasis on accelerating sensing-to-decision loops at the tactical edge, reducing their network communication footprint, and improving the inference quality of intelligent components in the loop. These requirements pose resource management challenges, calling for operating-system-like constructs that optimize the use of limited computational resources at the tactical edge. This paper describes these challenges and presents IoBT-OS, an operating system for the Internet of Battlefield Things that aims to optimize decision latency, improve decision accuracy, and reduce corresponding resource demands on computational and network components. A simple case-study with initial evaluation results is shown from a target tracking application scenario.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationICCCN 2022 - 31st International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665497268
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event31st International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 2022 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: Jul 25 2022Jul 27 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN
Volume2022-July
ISSN (Print)1095-2055

Conference

Conference31st International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period7/25/227/27/22

Keywords

  • Edge Intelligence
  • Internet of Battlefield Things
  • Sensing-to-Decision Loops

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Software

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