Advanced Conveyance Security Device System Scalability Assessment: Combined 802.15.4 and IP Network Simulation

摘要

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) is conducting and documenting field tests, analysis and demonstrations with Sandia National Laboratories to investigate the capability of potential Advanced Conveyance Security Device (ACSD) technologies to meet container monitoring and communications performance thresholds needed for global implementation of the ACSD systems. This report demonstrates the capability of a commercially available network simulation package, and uses the star topology to model heterogeneous networks with both wireless and wired subnets to predict achievable performance for ACSD technology over various hardware and protocol implementations, and corroborate test results from applicable field tests and demonstration efforts. The report also discusses prospective efforts to employ the simulator to develop optimal power-management strategies for battery- operated sensing and wireless communications devices mounted on cargo containers, and identify approaches to use the simulator to manage the implementation of particular ACSD systems.