Peering into the Future: Peer-to-Peer Technology as a Model for Distributed Joint Battlespace Intelligence Dissemination and Operational Tasking

Abstract

This thesis focuses on the capabilities of an emerging technology known as Peer-To-Peer (P2P) technology and its potential to improve intelligence support to operational and tactical warfighters. First popularized by a popular music-sharing program called Napster in May 1999, P2P technology enabled the sharing of millions of music files over the Internet between anyone who wanted to share. Some advocates believe that P2P technology will fuel the next Internet revolution. A radical departure from previous hierarchical networking technologies, P2P promises to empower users at the edges of a network by giving them the ability to connect to each other directly without going through a central server. This thesis evaluates this new technology and its potential to link operational and tactical users at the edges of military networks directly to sensors and analysts that provide intelligence information.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA407755

Entities

People

  • Mark D. Bontrager

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Control Systems
  • Doctrine
  • Electronic Mail
  • Geography
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Mobile Phones
  • National Security
  • Network Protocols
  • Personnel Management
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Educational Psychology
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics