Network Manager Capability Enhancement

Mobile Ad-hoc Networking is the central concept employed in the JTRS waveforms, especially the WNW waveform. Due to the cross-layered nature of MANETs, the performance of the WNW network is greatly influenced by the network configuration settings (IP subnet schema, radio channel bandwidth, and waveform configuration parameters). Currently for WNW, the network operator makes the all the decisions for network planning and online re-configuration via the JTRS WNW Network Manager software. Considering the complexity of the waveform, there is no guarantee that the decisions made by the operator based on experiences and intuition will lead to optimal performance. Hence the need for an enhanced network management capability for the JWNM that can continually provide timely, optimized and well-evaluated network configuration during mission planning as well as execution. To achieve this, the combined SNT and Telcordia team proposes to build a"Simulation Assisted Network-Management Enhancement"(SANE) module that combines cutting-edge network optimization techniques and high fidelity"faster than real-time"network simulation. In Phase 1 of this effort, we will focus on developing innovative optimization techniques for SANE that use the concept of"simulation-assisted"search for subnet design, spectrum allocation and waveform parameter optimization.