Terra Harvest Open Architecture Standard for Unattended Systems

Abstract

Realizing adaptive and efficient use of unattended assets within a dynamic, low-bandwidth, intermittently connected network typical of a tactical environment is a challenging problem. Assets are any sensors or platforms that can be tasked and/or reconfigured to produce a data payload, which is then disseminated over a communications channel. Discovery of assets, moving payloads from assets through gateways, and archiving, processing, and harvesting payloads for remote analysis are key capabilities of a foundation for an adaptive architecture. Such an architecture enables setting in motion payloads that can be used both locally and globally when they come to rest within a domain-specific data store. This report describes the Terra Harvest high-level architecture components for acquiring, persisting, processing, and disseminating information from unattended assets to produce mission-specific behaviors and information.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA586036

Entities

People

  • Larry Tokarcik
  • Robert Winkler
  • Timothy Gregory

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Bandwidth
  • Computer Programming
  • Detectors
  • Environment
  • Image Processing
  • Java Programming Language
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Mission Profiles
  • Mobile Phones
  • Operating Systems
  • Platforms
  • Programming Languages
  • Standards
  • Wireless Communications
  • Xml

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.