The Department of Defense (DoD) utilizes the Global Information Grid (GIG) to provide the capability for deployed forces to obtain and share information with users dispersed worldwide. In the current US Naval communications architecture, ships within a strike group access services on the GIG predominantly through Satellite Communication (SATCOM) links. Typical SATCOM bandwidths found on small ships range from 256 512 kbps, while large ships have the capacity for 4 ...