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Examining 5G Technology-Based Applications for Military Communications

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Computer Security. ESORICS 2022 International Workshops (ESORICS 2022)

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Abstract

5G mobile communications are capturing the focus of all stakeholders in the telecommunications ecosystem. The performance in terms of throughput, latency, number of connected devices, but also their features regarding security, availability and isolation make this technology very interesting for military applications. This paper first provides an overview of the key concepts related to 5G communications, on both, technical and economical approaches and then identifies a set of applications where 5G may provide a boost up in military communications. Specifically we focus on how 5G technology may improve the performance of current communication systems on Internet of Battle Things, communications on headquarters (HQ), either large static HQ or flexible and mobile HQ, unmanned combat systems, logistics and satellite communications. We also propose, based on the Spanish 5G National Observatory classification of the key parameters recommended by the 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership (5G PPP), the minimum values of those parameters to implement the services proposed for military applications. Finally the paper provides some conclusions and recommendations to build military communications using this technology.

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Notes

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    Stand alone is the pure native 5G technology. Non Stand Alone stands for a combined 4G-5G technology where a 5G radio access works with a 4G core network.

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    This study was performed for the network of a specific Indonesian operator, but should serve as rule of dumb for range estimation.

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This work is supported by the Universidad de Alcalá - ISDEFE Chair of Research in ICT and Artificial Intelligence.

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    Antonio Portilla-Figueras, Silvia Jiménez-Fernández & Sancho Salcedo-Sanz

  2. Communications Department, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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Portilla-Figueras, A., Llopis-Sánchez, S., Jiménez-Fernández, S., Salcedo-Sanz, S. (2023). Examining 5G Technology-Based Applications for Military Communications. In: Katsikas, S., et al. Computer Security. ESORICS 2022 International Workshops. ESORICS 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13785. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25460-4_26

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