Opportunities and Challenges in Realizing a Global (Mobile) Military Information Infrastructure
Abstract
The vision of a global network-centric tactical military infrastructure is compelling in that it is based on a construct that moves information rapidly from any source to any sink across the military on an as-needed basis: 'the right information to the right place at the right time' as is so often quoted. The realization of the tremendous opportunity offered by such an infrastructure hinges on the resolution of a number of significant engineering challenges; challenges that are manifested by the fact that military networks have characteristics that transcend the current state-of-the-art in networking today, namely that they are built on communication links that are inherently unpredictable. This talk presents a framework for addressing some of these challenges in fundamental ways that recognizes this underlying unpredictability of the physical layer and relates it to the achievable Quality of Service (QoS) and the associated complexity of the systems required to manage it. While such a framework ultimately helps researchers, engineers and program managers make wise technology investment decisions, it is important to build a 'technology roadmap' that is ultimately tied to operational capabilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA521138
Entities
People
- Christopher A. Nissen
Organizations
- MITRE Corporation