Context-awareness in Battlefield using Ubiquitous Computing: Network Centric Warfare

In the paper, we describe the design and implementation of middleware for NCW, which provides automatic military operation services based on the inferred battlefield contexts using ubiquitous computing. Middleware for NCW is composed of two layers which support automatic military operations by providing a decision support system using context-awareness service in ubiquitous computing for various military applications. For the traditional Platform Centric Warfare model, we have developed middleware consists of two layers for Network Centric Warfare based on ubiquitous computing: Context-aware Reasoning Layer and Ubiquitous Main Layer. Context-aware Reasoning Layer provides the intelligent context by processing data obtained through military sensor network. Executing specific military operations, Ubiquitous Main Layer generates proper military operations and controls military devices which makes applications or services used everywhere such as display, Army PC, or MSP (Military Smart Phone) with the choice of a number of input devices by provides the automatic computing environment.