High Efficiency Frequency Selective Acoustic Bandgap Composites Based on Volume Bragg Holography

Not Available In Phase I, we will develop an innovative distributed processing model to insure resource reliability over computer networks. The approach will involve a federation of agents operating on locally available information about network elements to the global effect of resource reliability. This multi-agent approach will emphasize a robust, fault-tolerant, scaleable processing model. The approach will feature new concepts in computer security, including the distributed packet filtering protocol (DPFP). Borrowing from work done in packet filtering firewalls, DPFP will provide a dynamic, distributed, security infrastructure capable of thwarting many old and new types of threats. Sophisticated distributed artificial intelligence techniques for the recognition of imminent threats will be developed. Together, the multi-agent processing model, pattern recognition methods, and DPFP will provide a highly reliant and responsive network security system. Consideration will be taken for the variety of network elements involved, the many security holes in software implementations of protocols, faults inherent in widely used networks protocols, exploitation of application flaws, and system configuration errors. A prototype demonstrating the feasibility of our system will be developed during the Phase I. This prototype will form the basis for a complete multi-agent system for resource reliability to be developed in Phase II.