A web services approach for the design of a Multi-Sensor Data Fusion System

In compliance with the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces Architecture Framework (DNDAF) and the service oriented architecture (SOA), we develop a new Web services implementation of a multi sensor data fusion (MSDF) system. The migration and the decomposition into Web services of the concept analysis and simulation environment for automatic target tracking and identification (CASE ATTI) test bed, developed at DRDC Valcartier, is realized using a spiral approach. A validation process of the Web services is proposed by comparison with the results generated by the CASE ATTI test bed. We also present some general guidelines that should be satisfied by a MSDF Web services provider.