Distributed Computing and Collaboration Framework (DCCF)
Abstract
The Distributed Computing and Collaboration Framework has been developed by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego (a Naval research and development facility), under the sponsorship of the Office of Naval Research. The focus of the effort is to provide superior performance in "low bandwidth-high latency network conditions," a hallmark of Naval operational environments. The software development includes a variety of mechanisms to manage and reduce latencies, with emphasis on ensuring effective, real-time collaboration at the operational user level and efficient use of limited bandwidth channels at the network level. This paper will describe an initial software development package of the peer-to-peer architecture design requirements, exploiting a transport layer (TCP/IP) protocol. This package will support information distribution and search across multiple enclaves using peer-to-peer data models, as well as models of redundancy for robustness across networks composed of a mix of wired and wireless channels. The software was tested in a ship-to-shore, ship-to-ship, and ship-to-submarine paradigm to verify that the initial design met documented Navy bandwidth standards. Results of the analysis showed this initial software to be within standards constraints. The authors provide a detailed presentation of their Collaboration Evaluation Laboratory (and methodology) that they have used to manage their development and transition efforts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA467657
Entities
People
- Cheryl D. Putnam
- Lorraine Duffy
Organizations
- Naval Information Warfare Systems Command