Group Centric Networking: Addressing Information Sharing Requirements at the Tactical Edge

Abstract

In recent years, theres been a large push in the U.S. Department of Defense to move to an all Internet Protocol (IP)infrastructure, particularly on the tactical edge. IP and associated protocols were designed primarily for wired networks tied to fixed infrastructure. Although extensions to support mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) have received decades of research, in practice, there are few successful implementations. Challenges include handling mobility, managing lossy links, and scaling to large numbers of users. Unfortunately, these are the exact conditions military tactical edge networks must operate within: high mobility, high loss, and large numbers of users.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 10, 2016
Accession Number
AD1033758

Entities

People

  • Aradhana Narula-tam
  • Bow-nan Cheng
  • Gregory Kuperman
  • Logan J Mercer
  • Patricia Deutsch

Organizations

  • MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bandwidth
  • Cellular Networks
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Networks
  • Heterogeneous Networks
  • Information Exchange
  • Infrastructure
  • Mobile Phones
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Packet Loss
  • Radio Equipment
  • Resilience
  • Routing Protocols
  • Sensor Networks
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

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  • Cybersecurity.