A distributed architecture for cooperative management of strategic communication networks

Author

Weihmayer, Robert ; Ghaznavi-Collins, Ina ; Sheridan, Patrick F.

Author_Institution

GTE Lab., Inc., Waltham, MA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1993

fDate

11-14 Oct 1993

Firstpage

879

Abstract

The authors developed a testbed for cooperative distributed problem solving, Testbed Environment for Autonomous Multiagent Cooperative Problem Solving (TEAM-CPS), and successfully applied it to public telephony networks. This paper discusses an extension of this work to military strategic defense systems (SDS). A conceptual SDS model is described. It includes distributed network managers that must cooperatively allocate bandwidth to computer applications in support of critical pre-engagement missile defense functions

Keywords

computer network management; distributed decision making; frequency allocation; groupware; military communication; military computing; missiles; problem solving; test facilities; bandwidth allocation; computer applications; cooperative distributed problem solving; distributed architecture; distributed network managers; military strategic defense systems; missile defense functions; strategic communication networks; testbed; Artificial intelligence; Communication networks; Computer network management; Intelligent agent; Knowledge management; Laboratories; Problem-solving; Resource management; Telecommunication network reliability; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1993. MILCOM '93. Conference record. Communications on the Move., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0953-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1993.408694

Filename

408694