Automated equipment association system

An automatic association system for connecting a plurality of devices in a network of a battlefield simulation environment, comprising:

• the plurality of devices, wherein each of the plurality of devices comprises:
• an inertial measurement unit;
• a network interface;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• initiate, using the network interface, a network polling mode of a device of the plurality of devices;
• detect, using the network interface of the device, at least one other device of the plurality of devices;
• detect, using the inertial measurement unit a movement of the device;
• correlate the movement of the device to a movement of the at least one other of the plurality of devices;
• determine that a device profile associated with the device correlates with a movement over time profile of a platform;
• authenticate the device based on the determination;
• and
• establish, using the network interface, a personal area network between the device and the at least one other of the plurality of devices based on the authentication of the device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of an automatic association system, cause the automatic association system to perform by the one or more processors configured to:

• provide a plurality of devices on a platform;
• initiate a network polling mode of each of the plurality of devices;
• detect, using each of the plurality of devices, at least one other of the plurality of devices;
• detect, using a device of the plurality of devices, a movement of the device and a movement of the at least one other of the plurality of devices;
• correlate the movement of the device to the movement of the at least one other of the plurality of devices;
• determine that a device profile associated with the device correlates with a movement over time profile of the platform;
• authenticate the device based on the determination;
• and
• establish a personal area network between the device and the at least one other of the plurality of devices based on the authentication.