NDLI: Link management in the Air Force airborne network

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Ramirez, R.
Copyright Year	2005
Description	Author affiliation: The MITRE Corp., Colorado Springs, CO, USA (Ramirez, R.)
Abstract	The envisioned Air Force airborne network (AF AN) circa 2020 will most likely consist of a backbone network and many edge networks. The backbone nodes are expected to experience semi-permanent connectivity whereas the edge network nodes may experience rapidly changing connectivity in an ad-hoc manner. In addition, nodes may join and leave any edge network at fairly rapid rates. In this environment there is a need to manage link connectivity, node membership and the overall network topology in such a way as to minimize the impact of rapidly-changing connectivity and node network membership on the performance of user information transfers. This rapid detection/response management of links, nodes and the overall topology is defined as link management (LM), This paper describes the LM approach being taken for the AF AN circa 2020. The following topics are addressed: (a) high level LM functions from a network perspective, (b) LM architecture alternatives based on the extent of centralization/decentralization employed, and (c) a proposed LM functional allocation between platform and terminal equipment. Finally, this paper identifies sample issues pertaining to the successful development of an AN LM system, along with possible methods to resolve these issues.
Starting Page	2488
Ending Page	2493
File Size	5858632
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780393937
DOI	10.1109/MILCOM.2005.1606041
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2005-10-17
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Intelligent networks Telecommunication traffic Resource management Spine Network topology Routing Data security Information security Springs US Department of Defense
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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