Creating shared situation awareness in a multi-platform sensor network

Networked systems that gather sensor data in order to react to phenomena in their surroundings are faced with a growing need for adaptive behavior to operate in dynamically changing environments. In designing a networked system the data processing chain can be decomposed into functional components. These functional components interact by requesting information they need and fulfilling requests received from other components. The available data should be evaluated with respect to the requests and available resources. This way a shared and consistent situation awareness can be created. We will give an example of a networked system in a naval scenario.