D-CEWS: DEVS-Based Cyber-Electronic Warfare M&S Framework for Enhanced Communication Effectiveness Analysis in...

Area of Science:

• Military modernization and network-centric warfare.
• Cyber-electronic warfare (CEW) and its impact on unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
• Advanced modeling and simulation (M&S) for tactical networks.

Background:

• Modern military operations increasingly rely on tactical networks and drones.
• Cyber-electronic warfare presents significant operational risks to these systems.
• Existing M&S frameworks struggle to adequately address CEW threats in drone combat.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose a novel discrete-event-system-specification-based cyber-electronic warfare M&S (D-CEWS) framework.
• To analyze the communication and engagement effects of CEW threats on drone networks.
• To quantify the damage effects of wireless threats on military operations.

Main Methods:

• Development of the D-CEWS integrated framework.
• Analysis of major wireless threats including multi-layered jamming, routing attacks, and network worms.
• Correlation and response logic analysis between competitive agents in communication incapacitation scenarios.

Main Results:

• Quantification of damage effects from CEW threats, previously unaddressed in military M&S.
• Calculation of damage based on packet delivery ratio (PDR) and malicious pool rate changes.
• Demonstration of relevance between threats and quantifiable mission attributes for swarming drones.

Conclusions:

• The D-CEWS framework enables comprehensive analysis of CEW threats in drone operations.
• Accurate calculation of damage effects improves the fidelity of military M&S.
• Enhanced understanding of threat correlations supports improved defensive strategies for tactical networks.