Analysis of Still Image IP Transmission in the Tactical Communication Network

Abstract

This paper presents analysis of still image IP transmission in the tactical network. The analysis is provided through the delivery time, packets sent/received/lost and the display of the images after the reconstruction on the receiving side. Image transmission is analyzed through multiple scenarios - without and with compression, without and in the presence of jamming. It has been shown that delivery time can be significantly reduced by data compression, without significant loss of visual information. It has also been shown that for analyzing the quality of transmission and usefulness of received information, it is better to use the display of reconstructed images than the degree of packet losses. Furthermore, it has been shown that in the tactical networks of limited bandwidth, it is very important to comply bit rates from source of information to the end user, and in this way to avoid buffer memory overflow and packet losses.