US-T-T
Military Precedence & Preemption for the GIG
Cole, Robert Choi, Brian ORGANIZER: Cole, Robert Choi, Brian
The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is refining the Precedence and Preemption (P&P) requirements within the context of the packet IP-based Global Information GRID (GIG). These requirements extend the traditional notion of P&P for Class of Service (CoS) for Command and Control (C2) within the Defense Switched Network (DSN) and tactical networks to the newly emerging all-IP network-based applications. These P&P capability requirements place numerous challenges to the all-IP GIG that will simultaneously support Quality of Service (QoS). This session at MILCOM 2006 focuses on the challenges and approaches to solutions. Topics include P&P in packet-based networks and specific areas of interest include preemption models for session and non-session based traffic, methods for packet-based access control, per hop behavior models, protocol issues associated with P&P implementations, the role of middleboxes in various deployment situations, implications for tactical networks, implementation and deployment experiences in networks and the impact of P&P capabilities on Information Assurance and Network Management.
Robert G. Cole received his B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from the University of Miami, FL, and his Ph.D. degree in Theoretical Chemistry from Iowa State University. He held postdoctoral positions in Theoretical Chemistry at Yale and Brown Universities prior to joining AT&T Bell Laboratories. While at AT&T he worked in the area of performance analysis and engineering of data network products and services, and provided consulting services to Fortune 500 customers. He joined Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in 2003. He also holds an Assistant Research Professorship in the Department of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University. His current research interests are in routing, security and performance of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETS) and in large scale simulation studies of communications networks. Last year he chaired the GIG Working Group team investigating architectures for packet based networks to support Precedence and Preemption capabilities. Brian Choi received his degrees in Military Science, Business Management and BE/MSEE degrees. He has worked in telecommunications system engineering, with special emphasis on RF propagation and modulation and switching systems, both with industries and DoD. Brian has been working on Tactical Wireless and Networking technologies for NCES support with DISA. He had lead the first long-haul single mode fiber optics, DSN and MSS projects, and co-authored a technical paper, “Wireless Communications for Warfighters” for an earlier MILCOM.