Prometheus: Enhancing the Quality of Service of the Joint Battlespace Infosphere

Abstract

This project investigated performance, scalability and associated quality of service (QoS) needs of the Global Information Grid (GIG) and Network-Centric Enterprise Systems (NCES) in the context of large-scale DoD C2 and C4ISR systems-of-systems (SoS) architectures, with additional attention to security considerations. The objectives of this study were to: Explore and classify near-term (lower risk) requirements and opportunities; Develop prototypical proofs-of-concepts and evaluations aimed at establishing a technology baseline in the area of QoS-enabled JBI; Produce a guide to future R&D activities; Develop an empirically-based understanding of the extent to which QoS and other properties can be addressed in limited ways by these COTS platforms; and Identify open questions on which fundamental research may be required to close the gap between capabilities of existing SOA platforms, including anticipated platform extensions, and requirements that arise in DoD contexts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA450321

Entities

People

  • Douglas C. Schmidt
  • Ken Birman
  • Mike Reiter

Organizations

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Data Centers
  • Global Information Grid
  • Information Systems
  • Local Area Networks
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Topology
  • Operating Systems
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Web Service

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.