Enhanced Distributed Connectivity Control in Low Probability of Detection Operations

For most military land vehicles, communication systems are the main contributor to RF emissions from the vehicle. To reduce detectability of the vehicle, the transmission power of the communications systems should be managed. Accomplishing this without adversely effecting the ability of vehicles to communicate requires a coordinated approach. Previous work has developed algorithms that aim to use distributed connectivity control to minimise the received power of network communications at an estimated adversary location. This paper builds upon that work. It proposes a number of possible enhancements that aim to reduce the optimisation time of distributed connectivity control algorithms. The proposed enhancements include partitioning the graph using articulation points to reduce the search space, the ability to eliminate multiple links at once and the elimination of redundant bids in the auctioning process. This paper shows in simulation that these enhancements, combined, significantly reduce the optimisation time compared to the baseline approach.