ARCHITECTURE DEFINITION FOR THE MULTINET CONTROLLER

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO PROVIDE A COMPLETE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION FOR A MULTINET CONTROLLER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE UNT AND CSS PROGRAMS. THE MULTINET CONTROLLER (MC) UNIT REQUIREMENTS WILL BE ESTABLISHED THROUGH AN EVALUATION OF OVERALL UNT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. THESE UNIT REQUIREMENTS WILL THEN BE USED TO DEFINE AN ARCHITECTURE WHICH IS ABLE TO MEET CURRENT UNT PERFORMANCE GOALS AND CAN BE EASILY EXTENDED TO SUPPORT FUTURE GROWTH AND ADAPTATION TO NEW REQUIREMENTS. OFF-THE-SHELF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS WHICH MEET THE ESTABLISHED PERFORMANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS WILL BE SELECTED TO SUPPORT A PHASE II MC DEVELOPMENT EFFORT. PRELIMINARY SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE GENERATED FOR ALL EMBEDDED SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS TO BE DEVELOPED USING THE ADA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE. A COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PHASE II HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MC WILL BE GENERATED.