| Allowing the Advantaged User in a Network Centric System to Get Through the Disadvantaged Interface |
Sep-2009 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
Lawrence Brandon; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
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 | Networks and network centric systems are a technology and industry that is growing and evolving daily. These systems play an integral part in most companies, industries, organizations, and governments. The United States Navy uses networks and network centric systems in multiple facets of their daily and long term operations. Whether on ships, submarines, aircraft, or land based facilities, the Navy has implemented network centric systems to take advantage of their ... |
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| Transition in Gas Turbine Engine Control System Architecture: Modular, Distributed, Embedded |
Aug-2009 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
Al Behbahani; Dennis Culley; Bill Mailander; Dewey Benson; Bruce Wood; Derek Weber; Bill Rhoden; Gary Hunter; Casey Carter; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH PROPULSION DIRECTORATE
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| Presentations from the Distributed Engine Control Working Group included: Vision and need for future turbine engine control; Implementation and technology challenges; High temperature electronics; Innovation and entry barriers. |
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| Protecting Identifiers in Cross-Domain Environments |
Jun-2009 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Sam Chamberlain; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| Unique identification of objects and their associated data representations have received significant attention in the past 10 years. Developing an efficient identifier allocation and tracking scheme that transparently spans security domains requires finesse. It is not uncommon for information to be created in a lower security domain and copied to a higher domain. The rigor by which the data is maintained varies widely, as does the resulting difficulty in maintaining ... |
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| Wireless Technology |
Mar-2009 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Stella N Batalama; STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO AMHERST
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| This report covers research on the subject of generalized likelihood radio test packet data detectors. The research led to the design of a novel generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT)-type packet-data detectors for general multi-access/multi-user digital communication systems and analytical performance evaluation tools for finite data packet sizes. Developed for the known channel case was a coherent GLRT packet-data detector, while for the unknown channel case two detectors were developed. For ... |
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| Simulation-Based Analysis and Evaluation of Tactical Multi-Hop Radio Networks |
Mar-2009 |
125 pages |
| Authors:
Howard D Smith; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| For many years, the technologies involved in the newest generations of tactical communication equipment have increased the reliability and security of tactical voice communications from the highest to the lowest levels of combat command. However, the complexities inherent to wireless data networks have prevented the reach of valuable data links from extending efficiently and reliably to the lowest levels of tactical command. This thesis attempts to quantify the performance of ... |
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| Privacy for Mobile Networks via Network Virtualization |
Mar-2009 |
65 pages |
| Authors:
Todd P Glidden; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Today mobile devices have become powerful and ubiquitous. The conveniences afforded by these devices do not come without a cost, however. The use of mobile devices and mobile networks poses a significant risk to privacy. Four privacy requirements for mobile networks are identified: content privacy, identity privacy, location privacy, and authentication. This work focuses on content privacy. Two threats to content privacy are identified: the casual observer and the attacker. ... |
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| Underlying Technologies for Military Logistics Prediction and Preemption Capability |
Feb-2009 |
430 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory Mitchell; Toomey; David E Scharett; Tom Ferryman; Peter J Grazaitis; Brian G Ruth; Kwok F Tom; Romeo D Rosario; Del; Charles J Jr; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD
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| This report captures the results of a comprehensive assessment of technical requirements associated with achieving a logistics predictive and preemptive capability, or LPPC. It represents Phase II in a three-phased approach spanning operationally- and technically-focused assessment. Phase I, conducted from September to December 2006, documented the compelling case for predictive capabilities, tying it to guidance and concept development at the OSD, Joint, and Army levels. Phase II, the subject of ... |
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| Studying Network Timing With Precision Packet Delay Measurements |
01-Dec-2008 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Lee Cosart; SYMMETRICOM SAN JOSE CA
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| As the transmission of telecommunications data is increasingly reliant on new generation packet network transport, new methods of time and frequency transfer are required. While some of these methods are at the physical layer, many involve the network and data link layers and are affected by packet network behavior. Thus, it has become important to develop instrumentation and analysis techniques applicable to the study of packet latency and packet delay ... |
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| Optimal Data Transmission on MIMO OFDM Channels |
Dec-2008 |
105 pages |
| Authors:
Luis M M Simoes; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis investigates the Physical Layer performance of single-input single-output (SISO) wireless communications systems, as well as multi antenna techniques such as multiple-input single-output (MISO) and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, the last two utilizing the Alamouti-based space-time block coding (STBC) technique. All cases are based on the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard with OFDM using different values of coding rates. International Telecommunications Union (ITU) channel models are selected for the wireless channel ... |
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| Hiding Data in VoIP |
Dec-2008 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Jozef Lubacz; Wojciech Mazurczyk; Krzysztof Szczypiorski; WARSAW TECHNICAL UNIV (POLAND)
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| The paper presents and compares steganographic techniques that can be used to enable hidden communication within computer networks. A new class (steganophony) of such methods is introduced. Specific methods proposed by the authors - LACK, HICCUPS and SIP-based VoIP protocols' steganography - are briefly described. The main aim of network steganography is to hide secret data in users' normal data transmissions, ideally, so it cannot be detected by third parties. ... |
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| Conversation Thread Extraction and Topic Detection in Text-Based Chat |
01-Sep-2008 |
191 pages |
| Authors:
Paige H Adams; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Text-based chat systems are widely used within the Department of Defense, but the standard systems available do not provide robust capabilities for search, information retrieval, or information assurance. The objective of this research is to explore methods for the extraction of conversation threads from text-based chat systems in order to enable such tasks. As part of the research, we manually annotated over 20,000 Internet Relay Chat posts with conversation thread ... |
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| Design and Analysis of Low Frequency Communication System in Persian Gulf |
Sep-2008 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
H Shahbazi; A Karimifard; TEHRAN UNIV (IRAN)
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| One of the important applications of underwater communication is speech transmission between two divers or between divers and ship or submarine. This paper describes a project designed to investigate and demonstrate underwater communication system in Persian Gulf for speech transmission in a real channel. At first, transmitter is designed, then channel with real data is simulated by neural network and at last receiver is designed. Transmitted data is speech signal ... |
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| The Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System |
Sep-2008 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Doug Wilson; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION ANNAPOLIS MD CHESAPEAKE BAY OFFICE
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| The Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS) is an innovative system to collect, transmit and interpret real-time environmental data from the Chesapeake Bay to a wide variety of constituents - including scientists, on-the-water users, educators, and natural resource decision-makers - and to fill critical observational gaps in the Chesapeake Bay. CBIBS is a component of the Chesapeake Bay Observing System (CBOS) and the US Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), addressing ... |
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| Dependable Emergency-Response Networking Based on Retaskable Network Infrastructures |
APR 2008 |
88 pages |
| Authors:
Michael D. Lemay; ILLINOIS UNIV AT URBANA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Data networking can aid disaster recovery efforts by allowing victims to contact rescuers, rescuers to communicate among themselves, and concerned friends and relatives to contact victims. Unfortunately, conventional data networks themselves are often destroyed by disasters, currently rendering these services unavailable. My thesis is that heterogeneous robust subnetworks that manage to survive a disaster can be enhanced and dynamically retasked to form an Emergency-Response Network (ERN) using techniques from mobile ... |
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| User's Guide to STAT The SHADWELL Test Analysis Tool (Version 2.0) |
29 FEB 2008 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
John B. Hoover; NAVY TECHNOLOGY CENTER FOR SAFETY AND SURVIVABILITY WASHINGTON DC
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| The SHADWELL Test Analysis Tool, orginally developed to aid in the analysis of large-scale fire test data, has been updated. The new version removes the dependency on proprietary, third-party software and adds support for several new data input formats, including SHADWELL LabVIEW test data and the Fire and Smoke Simulator (FSSIM) fire model output. Methods are provided for definition of data channels, selection of data based on instrument type and ... |
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| Internet Protocol (IP): The Key to Joint Communications |
19-Feb-2008 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
W W Manning; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| Internet Protocol-based systems are the answer to the continuing demands for instant communication and information sharing of today's joint warfighting challenges. The IP systems that have been implemented and are in use in Iraq and Afghanistan are performing exceptionally well. Although warfighters have previously accomplished their missions without IP technology, the implementation of IP-based systems will enhance capabilities, is cost efficient, and will enable a networked force. Robert Ackerman, SIGNAL ... |
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| Lightening the Load: Toning the Marine Corps' Information Technology |
18-Feb-2008 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
St; Robert Croix; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| As I walked into the tent in 2004, I got a puzzled look from the Air Force Tech Sergeant, who asked if he could help me. I, in return, said I was there to help him, and I offered to give him one or two phone lines. He said he had phones, and that he was running phones to the whole airfield (minus my Marines). I didn't recognize any gear ... |
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| Using the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves Auction Mechanisms for Enhanced Bandwidth Allocation in Tactical Data Networks |
JAN 2008 |
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| Authors:
Mark Klein; Daniel Plakosh; Kurt Walnau; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST
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 | A mechanism is an institution such as an auction, voting protocol, or a market that defines the rules for how humans are allowed to interact, and governs the procedure for how collective decisions are made. Computational mechanisms arise where computational agents work on behalf of humans. This report describes an investigation of the potential for using computational mechanisms to improve the quality of a combat group s common operating picture, ... |
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| Tunneled Data Transmission over Wireless Sensor Network |
DEC 2007 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
Yow T. Poh; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| A technique for terminal communication through transmission links established across a wireless sensor network is developed and tested. Using protocols established for conventional wireless communication networks as a guiding principle, different methodologies for link management, and segmentation and reassembly of information are explored. A protocol for sensor network encapsulation was designed and implemented across a network of terminals and wireless sensor motes. The study concludes with a discussion of the ... |
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| Intelligence Dissemination to the Warfighter |
DEC 2007 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Karin Thornton; Tim Marenic; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis explores the intelligence cycle with emphasis on the dissemination of data from the intelligence community to forward deployed operators, also known as the warfighters. The study focuses on the bottlenecks and other flaws within the IC that may cause delays in getting intelligence reports and products in support of national security to customers around the globe. The IC has undergone several changes since the 2001 terror attacks on ... |
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| Air Force and the Cyberspace Mission: Defending the Air Force's Computer Network in the Future |
DEC 2007 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Shane P. Courville; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL CENTER FOR STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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| A little over year ago, in November 2005, the Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne and Air Force Chief of Staff General T. Michael Moseley wrote a joint letter to all airmen of the Air Force, which defined a new mission statement that included the concept of "cyberspace." Cyberspace was defined as including network security, data transmission, and the sharing of information. Although the Air Force and the ... |
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| Tactical Medical Coordination System (TacMedCS) |
06 NOV 2007 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Diane Williams; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| The Tactical Medical Coordination System (TacMedCS) provides rapid casualty identification under adverse conditions, enables visibility of casualty status from the point of injury through medical treatment in higher echelons of care, maintains an electronic treatment record for the patient, utilizes non-physical-contact data transmission and storage media, and uplinks casualty information to a theater information network. Additionally, the current version of TacMedCS provides information to the corpsman in the field about ... |
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| Platform Innovations and System Integration for Unmanned Air, Land and Sea Vehicles Symposium. Technical Evaluation Report |
01 NOV 2007 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Roland Decuypere; David Selegan; ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY BRUSSELS (BELGIUM)
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| The Applied Vehicle Technology Panel (AVT) and the Systems, Concepts and Integration Panel (SCI) of the Research and Technology Organization (RTO) of NATO organized a joint symposium on Platform Innovations and System Integration for Unmanned Air, Land and Sea Vehicles which met from 14-18 May 2007 in Florence Italy. The objective of the symposium was to focus on key technologies that permit the increased performance potential offered by autonomous or ... |
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| Intelligent Advanced Communications IP Telephony Feasibility for the U.S. Navy. Volume 1 |
OCT 2007 |
456 pages |
| Authors:
Todd D. Binns; Bill Naas; L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HENSCHEL NEWBURYPORT MA
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| The purpose of this research paper is to research technologies and solutions supporting the communications infrastructure necessary to implement an integrated VoIP (IP telephony), Video and Data infrastructure on U.S. Naval vessels. This report is based on a collection of extensive research topics: * L3 Henschel internal research * Commissioned research papers * Vendor responses to a formal questionnaire * U.S. Navy vessel specifications * Government documents focusing on network ... |
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| Twiddlenet: Metadata Tagging and Data Dissemination in Mobile Device Networks |
SEP 2007 |
87 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher T. Clotfelter; Jonathon E. Towle; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Current mobile devices are much more than the limited modality communication tools or digital assistants they were only a few years ago; instead they offer a range of content capture capabilities, including high resolution photos, videos and sound recordings. Their communication modalities and processing power have also evolved significantly. Modern mobile devices are very capable platforms, many surpassing their desktop cousins only a few years removed. TwiddleNet is a distributed ... |
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| Vibration Analysis via Wireless Network |
SEP 2007 |
87 pages |
| Authors:
David C. Wallis; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis addresses the problem of early detection of fault conditions in an air compression system. Initially, pressure transducers, and MaxStream ZigBee devices, were utilized to provide data to a remote GUI interface through wireless data transmission. The research also included a study of vibration analysis utilizing a Kullback-Lieber algorithm for spectral distance. This algorithm was programmed in LabView 8.0 using the FFT at the point of measurement to process ... |
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| Communicating on the Move: Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks |
01-Jul-2007 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
Dean Nathans; Robert F Dillingham; OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR NETWORKS AND INFORMATION INTEGRATION WASHINGTON DC
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| Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) are wireless networks that continually re-organize themselves in response to their environment without the benefit of a pre-existing infrastructure. A MANET consists of a set of mobile participants who must communicate, collaborate, and interact to complete an assigned mission. The challenges of MANETs are to provide wireless, high-capacity, secure, and networked connectivity. Participants must communicate using bandwidth limited wireless links with potential intermittent connectivity, as compared ... |
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| Multistage Security Mechanism For Hybrid, Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks |
JUN 2007 |
80 pages |
| Authors:
Grigorios Katsis; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| A wide area network consisting of ballistic missile defense satellites and terrestrial nodes can be viewed as a hybrid, large-scale mobile wireless sensor network. Building on research in the areas of the wireless sensor networks (WSN) and the mobile ad hoc networks (MANET), this thesis proposes an efficient multistage security mechanism for node and data authentication and data confidentiality. Node authentication is provided by digital signatures and the public key ... |
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| Representability of METT-TC Factors in JC3IEDM: briefing charts |
JUN 2007 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Brian Ulicny; Christopher Matheus; Gerald Powell; Robert Dionne; Mitch Kokar; VISTOLOGY INC FRAMINGHAM MA
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| Commanders require relevant information about background information in order to exercise effective command and control (C2). METT-TC factors (Mission, Enemy, Terrain & Weather, Troops, Time Available and Civil Considerations) represent the canonical, militarily significant background against which information is evaluated and military decisions are made. If this background is to be encoded, shared, and, ultimately, processed and reasoned about by computers or computer-assisted C2 systems, the METT-TC background must be ... |
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| Representability of METT-TC Factors in JC3IEDM |
JUN 2007 |
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| Authors:
Brian Ulicny; Christopher Matheus; Gerald Powell; Robert Dionne; Mitch Kokar; VISTOLOGY INC FRAMINGHAM MA
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| Commanders require relevant information about background information in order to exercise effective command and control (C2). METT-TC factors (Mission, Enemy, Terrain & Weather, Troops, Time Available and Civil Considerations) represent the canonical, militarily significant background against which information is evaluated and military decisions are made. If this background is to be encoded, shared, and, ultimately, processed and reasoned about by computers or computer-assisted C2 systems, the METT-TC background must be ... |
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| Commodity Grid Computing with Amazon's S3 and EC2 |
01-Feb-2007 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Simson L Garfinkel; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Amazon.com recently introduced two new storage and computing services that might fundamentally change the way that we provision equipment for both e-commerce and high-performance computing. I learned about these services a few days after I had started looking for quotes to purchase a multiblade server with 10-20 TB of storage to further my own research in computer forensics. Rather than moving ahead with that purchase, I decided to evaluate whether ... |
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| IEEE 1588: An Update on the Standard and Its Application |
Jan-2007 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
John C Eidson; AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC SANTA CLARA CA
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| Since the publication of version 1 of IEEE 1588 in November 2002, there has been increasing interest in and development of the technology. The standard has been adopted by a number of trade groups and is referenced in several other standards. The 1588 standard is currently being revised to include provisions for new application areas and to improve the quality of synchronization. This paper will present the technical issues under ... |
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| Authentication for Bulk Data Dissemination in Sensor Networks Using Symmetric Keys |
2007 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Limin Wang; Sandeep S. Kulkarni; MICHIGAN STATE UNIV EAST LANSING DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING
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| Authenticating bulk data dissemination in sensor networks is important as sensors need to verify that the data is truly from a trusted source. There are two ways to achieve authentication: asymmetric key based and symmetric key based. Although previous work has shown that asymmetric key authentication is feasible on sensor nodes if used sparingly, it is still quite expensive compared to symmetric key based approach. In this paper, we propose ... |
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| Net-Centric Capability and Improved Battlefield Care: Placing the Doctor in the Battlefield |
2007 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen Prior; Susan Prior; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
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| Current priorities in combat casualty care for U.S. forces include treating casualties as far forward as possible and providing lifesaving interventions in an increasingly lethal battlespace with reduced infrastructure and logistics. One of the key attributes of network-centric operations advanced by the Office of Force Transformation (OFT) is increased survivability for the force. OFT also noted that past improvements in survivability have been garnered from "platform-centric" capabilities. With a new ... |
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| A General Framework for Flow Control in Wireless Networks |
22 DEC 2006 |
162 pages |
| Authors:
Minghua Chen; CALIFORNIA UNIV BERKELEY DEPT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Flow control and rate control for multimedia streaming, is an important issue in information transmission. Although the problem of flow control has been successfully addressed in wired networks, it is still open in wireless networks. Current widely accepted solutions assume that congestion is the only cause of packet loss and are not applicable to wireless networks in which the bulk of packet loss is due to errors at the physical ... |
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| Investigative Data Mining Toolkit: A Software Prototype for Visualizing, Analyzing and Destabilizing Terrorist Networks |
01 DEC 2006 |
69 pages |
| Authors:
Nasrullah Memon; Henrik L. Larsen; AALBORG UNIVERSITETSCENTER (DENMARK)
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| Knowledge about the structure and organization of terrorist networks is important for both terrorism investigation and the development of effective strategies to prevent terrorists attacks. However, except for network visualization, terrorist network analysis remains primarily a manual process. Existing tools do not provide advanced structural analysis techniques that allow extraction of network knowledge from large volumes of criminal-justice data. It is a well known fact that terrorist activities consist of ... |
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| Wirelessly Networked Opportunistic Digital Phased Array: System Analysis and Development of a 2.4 GHz Demonstrator |
DEC 2006 |
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| Authors:
Eng C. Yeo; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The concept of a wirelessly networked opportunistic digital phased array radar brings about the added advantages of stealth, enhanced survivability, and maximum maneuverability. The array elements are spread over a wide range of locations on the ship s hull and superstructure, and the Local Oscillator (LO) and data/control signals are wirelessly transmitted to and from a central computer processor, which also performs as the digital beamformer. As part of the ... |
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| Performance and Usage of Biometrics in a Testbed Environment for Tactical Purposes |
DEC 2006 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
Marianna J. Verett; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Naval Postgraduate School's (NPS) Tactical Network Topology (TNT) experiments seek to develop, implement and identify sensor-unmanned vehicle network, and network centric operations to assist DoD warfighters in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). Using biometric data for rapid identification of High Value Targets (HVT) in ground and Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) is critical to the emerging special operation concept. The goal is to explore solutions and operational constraints associated with ... |
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| Electronic Biometric Transmission Specification. Version 1.2 |
08 NOV 2006 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
BIOMETRIC CLARKSBURG WV
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| This DoD Electronic Biometric Transmission Specification (EBTS) describes customizations of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Electronic Fingerprint Transmission Specification (EFTS) transactions that are necessary to utilize the Department of Defense (DoD) Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS). |
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| Component Based Routing: A New Methodology for Designing Routing Protocols for Manet |
NOV 2006 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
John S. Baras; He Huang; MARYLAND UNIV COLLEGE PARK INST FOR SYSTEMS RESEARCH
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| Large variation of performance due to various environment inputs is a major impediment of implementing existing routing protocols for MANET in the battlefield. Therefore, it is a major challenge to design a routing protocol that can adapt its behavior to environment alteration. In consideration of adaptability to the environment and flexibility in protocol construction, a novel component based routing protocol methodology is proposed in this paper. Distinguished from conventional investigation ... |
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| Dynamic Control of Service Delivery for Ad Hoc Systems |
01-Oct-2006 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Roland Schutz; THALES COMMUNICATIONS COLOMBES (FRANCE)
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| High Speed Vessel Medical Limited Objective Experiment, Noise Assessment and Noise Reducing Stethoscope Field Test |
26 AUG 2006 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph S. Russotti; Christopher Duplessis; NAVAL SUBMARINE MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB GROTON CT
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| Throughout NSMRL's pursuit in making optimal use of auditory information in sonar displays, interference from airborne sound in the listening environment has been a major issue. NSMRL's success in using active noise cancellation to prevent masking by airborne sound has lead to the realization that shipboard spaces may be habitable by hearing-risk standards, but not operationally suitable for critical mission tasks. Digital sound processing has opened up the auditory detection, ... |
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| Instant Messaging and Team Performance in a Simulated Command and Control Environment (Briefing Charts) |
21 JUN 2006 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory J. Funke; Scott M. Galster; W. T. Nelson; Allen W. Dukes; GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS DAYTON OH
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| Recent trends in military acquisition have emphasized the desire to introduce collaboration technologies into the command and control environment. Personnel in this environment may be disparate in terms of rank, occupation, and even geographical location, yet are expected to rapidly coalesce into functioning teams in order to meet task requirements. It has been proposed that integration and performance may be facilitated through emerging collaborative technologies, such as email, instant messaging ... |
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| Med-E-Tel |
APR 2006 |
511 pages |
| Authors:
Frank Lievens; Malina Jordanova; LUXEXPO KIRCHBERG (LUXEMBOURG)
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| Med-e-Tel, is an international conference and exhibition, taking place annually in Luxembourg and organized by Luxexpo. Med-e-Tel 2006 was held on April 5-7, 2006 and attracted 400 participants from 48 countries. Participants included hospital administrators and department heads, association executives, industry (health, IT, telecom) representatives, academia, researchers, local and international government representatives, health insurers, homecare services. The Med-e-Tel 2006 conference program covered over 130 presentations on topics such as homecare ... |
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| Notes on the SHUMA Protocol. Scalable Access to Link-16 Time Slots |
30 MAR 2006 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
John Custy; Allen Shum; SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| This document describes the mechanisms by which SHUMA provides adaptive, scalable access to Link-16 time slots while simplifying network design. Analysis and simulation results illustrate the relative merits of SHUMA versus conventional protocols. |
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| Marine Mammal Detection: Call-Up Against the Noise Monitoring Standing Offer |
MAR 2006 |
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| Authors:
Brad Glessing; Joe Hood; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ATLANTIC DARTMOUTH (CANADA)
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| This report documents the work done to prototype a marine mammal detection system. The resulting system will support environmental mitigation measures prior to, and during, active sonar trials and exercises. A working application was delivered at the end of the call-up that allows a user to configure and run detection processing, with live updates provided, or to post-analyze data from a previous detection run. Once selected, an image of the ... |
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| Performance Analysis of a Cooperative Search Algorithm for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles under Limited Communication Conditions |
MAR 2006 |
138 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin M. Morris; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| This research investigates the impacts of realistic wireless communications upon a group of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) utilizing a distributed search algorithm. The UAVs are used to survey an area for mobile targets and they require communication to cooperatively locate the targets. The mobile targets do not continually radiate energy, which exacerbates the search effort; a UAV could fly directly over a target and not detect it. A simulation of ... |
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| "Sensitive but Unclassified" Information and Other Controls: Policy and Options for Scientific and Technical Information |
15 FEB 2006 |
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| Authors:
Genevieve J. Knezo; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Providing access to scientific and technical information for legitimate uses while protecting it from potential terrorists is complex and poses difficult policy choices. Federally funded, extramural academic research (basic and applied) is supposed to be "classified" if it poses a security threat; otherwise, it is to be "unrestricted." Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, controls increasingly have been placed on some types of unclassified research and scientific and technical ... |
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| Enhanced Position Location Reporting System: An Ineffective Radio On Today's Modern Battlefield |
06-Feb-2006 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
R J Rega; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| The current and future battlefield has become heavily reliant on tactical data communications equipment to ensure timely and accurate dissemination of information on the battlefield. Additionally, new tactical equipment such as the expeditionary fighting vehicle (EFV) has greatly enhanced the speed and distances units can travel on the modern battlefield. Satellite communication has exponentially increased the range and flexibility of communications on the modern battlefield, but only at the Marine ... |
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| The Effects of Pushing the Digital Divide to the Fighting Hole |
03-Feb-2006 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
J M Hamilton; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| As society moves from the industrial age to the information age, the importance of sharing accurate and timely information throughout the asymmetric battlespace is becoming increasingly apparent. The current lessons learned from Afghanistan and Iraq have shown that, oftentimes, it is the Platoon Leader, and not the Battalion Commander, who needs the digital communication feed from the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) so that a critical tactical decision can be made. ... |
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