Edge-Directed Cyber Technologies for Reliable Mission Communication (EdgeCT)
Abstract
The Edge-Directed Cyber Technologies for Reliable Mission Communication (EdgeCT) program developed technologies to enable reliable communications for military forces that operate in the presence of disrupted, degraded or denied wide-area networks. EdgeCT algorithms and software prototypes are implemented exclusively at the network edge, specifically on end hosts and/or on proxy servers fronting groups of such end hosts within a user enclave. EdgeCT systems sense and respond rapidly to network failures and attacks by dynamically adapting protocols utilized to exchange packets among these hosts, thereby implementing fight-through strategies that restore networked communication. This enables highly reliable networked communication for the military in the face of a wide variety of common network failure modes, as well as cyber attacks against network infrastructure. EdgeCT technologies were developed in coordination with operational commands and commercial service providers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 5cf2313ebdb8ae8574cfe49c4f641f03