ABSTRACT This paper presents an adaptable system for disaggregated and distributed chat communications that applies Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support time‐critical battlespace environments. In such environments, operators may have dozens of conversations ongoing simultaneously. Although some these messages are sorted according keywords help the better prioritize them, subject typing errors other corruptions lead operator missing key decision‐making information. Considering present...

An approach for jinding the optimal configuration of heterogeneous computer systems to solve supercomputing problem is presented. Superconcurrency as a form distributed an matching and managing optimally configured suite super-speed machines minimize execution time on given task. The performs best when computational requirements set tasks are diverse. A application task decomposed into collection code segments, where processing requirement homogeneous in each segment. selection theory has...

One type of interconnection network for a medium to large-scale parallel processing system (i.e., with 2/sup 6/ 16/ processors) is buffered packet-switched multistage (MIN). It has been shown that the performance these networks satisfactory uniform traffic. More recently, several studies have indicated MIN's degraded significantly when there hot spot traffic, is, large fraction messages are routed one particular destination. A multipath MIN two or more paths between all source and...

Advances in sensor observation and collection technology, coupled with the use of multiple sensors distributed amongst transport platforms to support a single mission; create potentially crippling problem data overload for DoD operators imagery video analysts as they strive provide processing, exploitation, dissemination (PED) end-user (i.e., warfighter). These depend on data, specifically Intelligence, Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) perform time-critical mission functions such target...

Department of Defense (DoD) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) assets; including manned unmanned airborne, space-borne, maritime, terrestrial systems; play critical roles in support current future military operations. However, services defense agencies face an ever growing challenge effectively processing, exploiting, disseminating ISR data from multiple, diverse senor platforms for end-users who collaborate share information within a net-centric enterprise environment....

Manpower is driving up DoD costs while budgets are shrinking; therefore the customer seeks a solution to enable increased mission capacity along with staff reductions. One way accomplish this through an autonomous capability support end-to-end activities. The Mission Information Autonomous Intelligent Decision Engine (MiAide) approach for meeting objective create system of systems (SoS) that work together automation tasks previously done by humans. MiAide built upon novel, but...

To efficiently utilize limited RF resources, future packet-switched satellite networks are being designed to dynamically allocate resources on the uplink and downlink. These dynamic-resource allocation algorithms may result in uplinks downlinks with time varying data rates. Providing QoS over these channels is a difficult task. Several issues examined including required interaction between network layer link layer, impact of links rates schedulers, downlink queuing strategies for achieving

In order to provide versatile and reliable transport of data, voice video traffic, military organizations deploy complex communications systems that integrate terrestrial, airborne, space-based platforms. these tactical communication systems, typically wireless networks, interface with COTS routers at the sub-network boundaries form a contiguous network infrastructure. The sub-systems employed in such networks are susceptible time-varying link quality due dynamic conditions. situations,...

Future protected SATCOM systems will be packet-switched, carrying IP traffic for voice, video, and data applications. Many of these applications sensitive to delay, jitter loss. Hence, terminals must have the ability process, route, queue schedule in a manner that provides QoS differentiation performance guarantees. In order minimize costs complexity, it is desirable use COTS routers provide routing scheduling functionality. For router viable option, able interface with terminal modem...

In order to provide versatile and reliable transport of data, voice video traffic, military organizations deploy complex, integrated communications systems that combine terrestrial, airborne, space-based platforms. These tactical communication systems, typically wireless networks, interface with COTS routers at the sub-network boundaries. The sub-systems employed are susceptible time-varying link quality resulted from dynamically changing network conditions. Additionally, system may also be...

Wireless networks will play a very important role in the future of military communication to support diverse range applications such as voice, data, video, broadcast, imagery, and multicast services for users. Recently, Multi-Topology Routing (MTR) was proposed address optimal route selection problem by configuring routes tuned best different QoS classes. However, based on static predefined network/link characteristics create topologies, MTR may fail adapt frequent fast changes topology...

In today's budget constrained environment the DoD, government agencies, and commercial businesses are seeking ways to maximize resource usage and, thereby, improve mission capacity without increasing spending. Communications is one major area that offers opportunities for such improvement. particular, mobile communications capabilities enable establishment of connectively an existing infrastructure, especially in emergency situations. Aerial platforms, as unmanned aerial systems (UASs), have...

This is a practitioner paper focused on the use of chat to communicate time-sensitive mission information within disaggregated distributed battlespace environment. In such environments, operators may have dozens conversations ongoing simultaneously. Although some these messages are sorted according key words help better prioritize them, keywords subject typing errors and other corruption that lead operator missing decision-making information. Considering present expansion battle space...

A future satellite communications system is envisioned that will provide a number of enhancements over predecessor communication systems. It employ high capacity packet switched service in space, rate circuits between terminals, and utilize Dynamic Bandwidth Resource Allocation which dynamically assigns resources to terminals based on current channel conditions traffic demand. However, realize these potential benefits, we must be able integrate the network seamlessly with existing networks....

Abstract To efficiently utilize limited RF resources, future military packet‐switched satellite networks will dynamically allocate resources on the uplink and downlink. Designing resource allocation algorithms to maximize link layer efficiency is insufficient. The must work cooperatively with network transport optimize performance provide quality of service (QoS) applications users. Several mechanisms for facilitating this required cooperation between layers are presented. individual roles...

Providing seamless, reliable communications across the Global Information Grid (GIG) presents many unique challenges for network management. Beyond fact that, as an entity, GIG encompasses diverse, operating environments (wired and wireless, tactical strategic), it faces challenge of a connected series separate administrative domains which are each governed by different Services (and organizations with services), Combatant Commands (COCOMs), Agencies. At same time, is expected - in required...

This is a practitioner paper focused on the real problem of effectively communicating within distributed and disaggregated multi-domain battlespace operational environments. To do so, communications systems must be adaptive in response to ever-changing on-mission events such as, network congestion (e.g., degraded comms links excessive traffic), enemy interference jamming, cyber-attacks), line Sight degradation weather conditions). These challenges cause networks drop packets, presently they...

With the advances of wireless communication technology, using LAN as a platform to perform distributed network computing becomes feasible. We study characteristics end-to-end over links. advantage reduced bandwidth competition in each segment separated by bridges, and with overlap wired communications, an analytical comparison showed that group communications links can be more efficient than single LAN. conducted experiments running applications results support threads, achieve same...

In order to provide versatile and reliable transport of data, voice video traffic, military organizations deploy complex, integrated communications systems that combine terrestrial, airborne, space-based platforms. These tactical communication systems, typically wireless networks, interface with COTS routers at the sub-network boundaries. The sub-systems employed are susceptible time-varying link quality resulted from dynamically changing network conditions. these situations, must measure...

In this paper, we investigate the packet transmission delay in a time varying satellite uplink. Specifically, are interested bounding within terminal router for uplink traffic future network. Previous work has provided bounds wireline networks with fixed rate. However, these do not apply to time-varying link that considering here. It been shown SATCOM can accommodate RF data rate by using Ethernet pause frames. We show encapsulating frame information into two parameters: window size and...

One type of interconnection network for a medium to large-scale parallel processing system (i.e., with 26 216 processors) is buffered packet-switched multistage (MIN). It has been shown that the per formance these networks satisfactory uniform traffic. More recently, several studies have indicated performance MINs degraded significantly when there hot spot traffic, is, large fraction messages are routed one particular destination. A multipath MIN two or more paths between all source and...

This paper focuses on effectively communicating within distributed and disaggregated multi-domain battlespace operational system of systems (SoS) environments. To do so, the individual participating communications must be adaptive in response to ever-changing on-mission events such as, network congestion (e.g., degraded comms links excessive traffic), enemy interference jamming, cyber-attacks), line sight degradation weather conditions). These challenges cause traditional networks drop...

Given the increasing utilization and dependence on ISR information, operators imagery analysts monitoring intelligence feeds seek a capability to reduce processing overload in transformation of data actionable information. The objective they is improvement time critical targeting (TCT) response for mission events. Existing techniques addressing this problem are inflexible lack dynamic environment adaptation changing This paper presents novel approach information collection, processing,...