Experimental Studies in a Reconfigurable C4 Test-bed for Network Enabled Capability

Abstract

This paper reports on the development of a command and control environment that enables experimental studies to be conducted into Network Enabled Capability (NEC). The command and control environment comprises a reconfigurable Command Wall, and wireless local area network and reconfigurable wearable computers. The two studies reported in this paper explore communication media (study one) and data source/decay (study two). Study one showed the advantages and disadvantages of the electronic medium for passing data between the field and command room. Study two explored data push versus data pull and the effects of data decay on some aspects of command performance. As an experimental environment the reconfigurable C4 test-bed is now beginning to show some utility. Further studies are being planned and scenarios are being developed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA473304

Entities

People

  • C. Baber
  • D. Jenkins
  • Darshna Ladva
  • G. H. Walker
  • Laura Rafferty
  • M. S. Young
  • N. A. Stanton
  • P. M. Salmon
  • S. Gulliver
  • S. Watts

Organizations

  • University of Birmingham

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Information Processing
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • Networks
  • Situational Awareness
  • Test Beds
  • Three Dimensional
  • Wearable Computers
  • Wearable Technology

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Microelectronics