A Cloud-based experimentation and analysis framework for services at the tactical edge

In this paper we present an experimentation and analysis framework that utilizes a public cloud infrastructure for most of the experimentation environment but also supports interaction with services installed on servers or dedicated hardware on-premises. The framework is enriched with a set of tools that allow for powerful scenario generation and modeling of radio communication in real time. We believe such experimentation and analysis frameworks can promote better cooperation between researchers, product developers and the military end users. We present an example experiment utilizing the framework, that studies the exchange of position updates between BMS applications on 4 moving vehicles and a forward command post, and share our lessons learned.