Design and Implementation of Framework Based Emulator Considering Expansion of MIDS LVT Platform

Sangtae Lee, Jongseo Kim, Sounghyouk Wi, Taegwon Lee, Seungbae Jee, Seungchan Lee

http://doi.org/10.5626/JOK.2021.48.1.61

MIDS LVT is communication equipment mounted with Link-16-based weapon systems to provide the Link-16 operating environment between weapon systems. Currently, the military operates the MIDS LVT BU1, but it will be changed to the BU2 and JTRS according to the performance improvement. The communication interface, message data format, and message composition of the MIDS LVT are different depending on the platform family (BU1/BU2/JTRS) and type (A,D,J). In this paper, we propose a framework based emulator design and implementation method that considers the MIDS LVT platform extension to improve these problems. In consideration of the quality attributes of the sw architecture, we designed a common based framework for modifiability, reusability, and extensibility. The MIDS LVT emulator comprises the MIDS LVT emulator processing, link interface processing, and monitoring tool. The MIDS LVT emulator was implemented by deriving and improving functions through the analysis of the functions of the previously developed overseas tools. Through the development of the MIDS LVT emulator, it can be used to develop and verify the developed Link-16 host system.