Reverse Geographic Location of a Computer Node

Abstract

The determination of methods by which a user is able to locate his computer when that user does not know his current location, termed "homestation", will provide the Air Force an advantage over its adversaries. The methods are a combination of different mathematical techniques that enable the user to manipulate data to minimize the effects of delay caused by various factors on the network. The techniques use the smallest round trip time obtained from the ping utility. This time is then converted into miles and plotted on a map of the United States. The methods used to solve this problem are trilateration, a trilateration variant, the slope-intercept method, and the reverse traceroute combined with Euclidean distance. The results from the methods described in this research provide insight to fundamental problems that need to be resolved to achieve this capability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA415378

Entities

People

  • Clinton G. Carr Iii

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Angle Of Arrival
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Geolocation
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • Intellectual Property
  • Literature Surveys
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Topology
  • New York
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Geodesy
  • Operations Research