Description of an Automated Tool for Evaluating a Tactical Communications Protocol

Abstract

Adaptive networking (AN) focuses on creating a logical and extendible framework for a multiyear effort in AN research. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) designed an experiment to identify which communications protocol's parameters were more likely to have a relevant effect on network congestion. The software, called experiment control software (exp_driver), was developed to automatically execute the experimental design to test the protocol's parameters. Prior to the exp_driver existence, the experimental design for similar tests was executed with frequent operator intervention, requiring extra time for set up, and introducing human errors. This report provides a description of the exp_driver configuration for others who want to implement this software.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA388044

Entities

People

  • Maria C. Lopez

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • C Programming Language
  • Communication Systems
  • Communications Protocols
  • Computer Programming
  • Data Reduction
  • Data Science
  • Experimental Design
  • Information Science
  • Intervention
  • Language
  • Military Communications
  • Military Research
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Robotics
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Tactical Communications

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.