The Unified Networking Technology Advanced Technology Demonstration (UNT/ATD) Networking Protocols,

Abstract

The HAMA/MINCAP subnetwork architecture was demonstrated in an Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) in September 1990. The following subnetwork protocols were included: the Hand-off Assigned Multiple Access (HAMA) channel access protocol, the Minimum Cover Approximation (MINCAP) broadcast routing protocol, and the Backwards Learning (BL) point-to-point routing protocol. HAMA is an adaptive Time Division Multiple Access based protocol. HAMA allows a node to temporarily hand-off a time slot to a neighbor with higher priority traffic. MINCAP uses a two hop connectivity matrix and a message history table to select relays. The three or fewer nodes which provide the best coverage of nodes who have not yet received the packet are designated as relays. BL uses a table containing delay information to each node in the network via the various relays available. The relay with the minimum path length is selected.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA245089

Entities

People

  • C. J. Warner
  • C. M. Keune

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Channel Capacity
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Communications
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Demonstrations
  • Information Operations
  • Learning
  • Local Area Networks
  • Multiple Access
  • Networks
  • Routing Protocols
  • Time Division Multiple Access

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
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