Accession Number:

ADA551968

Title:

Network Management System for Tactical Mobile Ad Hoc Network Segments

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Puff, Chad J.

Report Date:

2011-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

101.0

Abstract:

Mobile Ad Hoc Networking MANET technologies are highly desirable in tactical environments because they are able to communicate with neighboring devices over one or more hops in order to extend connectivity to areas where a fixed infrastructure is not available or is not possible. There are many factors which can influence the performance and reliability of a MANET. Communications links within the MANET are continuously fluctuating due to device location, power, or environmental factors. Devices within the MANET can enter the network and then disappear due to the devices losing connectivity because of their physical location relative to other nodes within the network. A network management system NMS that can provide for MANET administration in both simulation-based and real-time operational environments provides additional value for this network. The objectives for this network management system is to allow users to predict, monitor, and control network behavior this specifically includes viewing and remotely managing variables such as node status, node location, attached equipment, channel selection, frequencies, error rates, and network utilization.

Descriptors:

• *COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
• *MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• *NETWORK CENTRIC WARFARE
• BEHAVIOR
• CHANNEL SELECTORS
• CONTINUITY
• CONTROL
• DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
• ENVIRONMENTS
• ERRORS
• FREQUENCY
• INFRASTRUCTURE
• MANAGEMENT
• MOBILE
• NETWORKS
• NODES
• POSITION(LOCATION)
• POWER
• RATES
• REAL TIME
• RELIABILITY
• SIMULATION
• TACTICAL WARFARE
• THESES
• UTILIZATION
• VARIABLES
• VIEWERS

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Computer Hardware
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE