Network model for clustered radar operating application

The essential idea of a clustered radar system is to replace a single and large radar system with a group of small radars. Various operational concepts of multiple radar systems in a networked environment, which provide various advantages compared to the conventional single radar operation, have been introduced (see Chandrasekar, V. and Jayasumana, A.P., Proc. SPIE, vol.4527, p.142-7, 2001). This paper proposes an operational model, network model and node architecture to realize the idea of the clustered radar system over a currently available data network with the aim of providing high QoS real-time radar data to end-users. The network model and the end node architecture developed use satellite and terrestrial links via the Internet. The validity of the network model and the effect of critical node and network parameters on the performance are examined by simulation.