Capability-based semantic matching for dynamic resource allocation in tactical edge environment

There are technological, operational, and environmental constraints at tactical edge, which are disconnected operation, intermittent connectivity, and limited bandwidth, size, weight and power limitations, ad-hoc and mobile network, and so on. Moreover, an operational environment is highly dynamic: requirements change in response to the emerging situation, and the availability of resources needs to be updated constantly due to the factors, such as technical failures. Therefore, an efficient matching mechanism is required that considers all possible criteria to achieve a mission. In this paper, we proposed an ontology-based mission service model that consists of a mission, tasks, services, and resources, and developed a capability-based matching mechanism in tactical edge environment. In addition, we have developed a prototype that supports dynamic resource allocation during executing a mission in tactical edge.