Rapid Network Design

Abstract

Network planning is a key element in the Marine Corps communications planning process. The ability to design and provide reliable network architecture directly affects the commander's ability to control operations in an operational environment. Command-and-control systems technologies continue to change and evolve, adding complexity to network design. Portions of the current process of designing packet-switched networks are extremely prone to human design faults, which can adversely affect the reliability of the network. This thesis proposes an application prototype for network design that automates the creation of network configuration files. It describes the benefits achievable for development of such an application. Lastly, we demonstrate a working prototype that successfully produced configurations files that can easily be uploaded to network devices and create a functioning packet-switch network.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA589800

Entities

People

  • Timmy J. Garcia

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Digital Communications
  • Information Operations
  • Local Area Networks
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Science
  • Network Topology
  • Operating Systems
  • Routing Protocols
  • User Interface
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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