An Ontological Approach to Secure MANET Management

Abstract

Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) rely on dynamic configuration decisions to efficiently operate in a rapidly changing environment of limited resources. The ability of a MANET to make decisions that accurately reflect the real environment depends on the quality of the input to those decisions. However, collecting and processing of the multitudinous factors related to the operation of a MANET is a significant challenge. Equally significant in current approaches to dynamic MANET management is the lack of consideration given to security factors. We show how our ontology of MANET attributes including device security and performance characteristics can be leveraged to efficiently and effectively make dynamic configuration decisions for managing a MANET.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA511933

Entities

People

  • Cynthia E. Irvine
  • Mark E. Orwat
  • Timothy E. Levin

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Algorithms
  • Application Protocols
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Communication Networks
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Cryptography
  • Infrastructure
  • Language
  • Mesh Networks
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Mobile Phones
  • Network Topology

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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