GENerative Waveform Agnostic Gateway (GENWAG) architecture

The Department of Defense (DoD) requires a large number of gateways for inter-networking between disparate waveforms. Until now gateways are designed for specific waveform domains, this approach although simple and quick has led to a lot of duplication of effort. In this proposal UtopiaCompression (UC) in collaboration with UCLA, Command and Control Technologies Corporation and the Boeing Company propose the GENerative Waveform Agnostic Gateway (GENWAG) architecture: a generative approach to gateway creation, where gateway code will be auto-generated based on high level XML descriptions of the connecting waveforms. With an aim to make the gateway creation process streamlined and efficient, we propose to develop a high level domain specific language"The Gateway Description Language"with an associated high level compiler and reusable gateway component library. To prove the concept we have chosen a variety of applications (data/voice/video) and a mix of commercial off the shelf devices and waveforms supporting different protocols and message formats. We will demonstrate how our Gateway Description Language will enable creation of multiple gateways. Fueled by our past research on inter-domain networking for MANETs, the gateway compiler will check for optimal resource allocation, inter-domain routing table creation for proper transport of applications across dynamic tactical domains.