MULTINET CONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE

VIA-SAT IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS PROPOSAL FOR INVESTIGATION OF THE HARDWARE/SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR A MULTIMEDIA MULTINETWORK CONTROLLER. THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A PHASE I SBIR PROGRAM TO PERFORM AN EXTENSIVE, REALISTIC, AND THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO THE REQUIREMENTS, CAPABILITIES AND AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATE HARDWARE AND SYSTEMS SOFTWARE FOR A SUCCESSFUL MULTINET CONTROLLER DEVELOPMENT AND FIELDING. WE PROPOSE AN AGGRESSIVE AND INNOVATIVE APPROACH INTO SOLVING THE PROBLEM, INCLUDING THE USE OF PERFORMANCE MODELING AND MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION. WE HAVE ALSO PROPOSED TO USE THE EXISTING UNT MULTILINK CONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE AS A STARTING POINT FOR OUR INVESTIGATION INTO THE AVAILABILITY AND CAPABILITIES OF COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF EQUIPMENT AND REAL-TIME SOFTWARE. THE UNT MULTILINK CONTROLLER HARDWARE AND SYSTEM SOFTWARE WAS FURNISHED BY VIA-SAT TO THE NAVY UNDER A PREVIOUS CONTRACT.