An Adaptive Policy Based Control Framework for Land Vehicle Systems

In this paper we present a framework for contextually aware dynamic device selection and configuration by a service level controller. The approach taken aligns with the tenets of autonomic computing, namely Self - configuration, healing, optimisation and protection. The mechanism and its implementation in software is described with simulations conducted in the application space of resilient position, navigation and timing in a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) contested environment. The simulations show that our approach enables the appropriate selection of a GNSS device in a vehicle traversing an area of operations with various levels of GNSS degradation.