The Networks and Communication Systems Branch participates in a variety of research and development, system integration, system engineering, and test and evaluation projects. Sponsors often include the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as well as U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and other DoD system commands and agencies.

Recent S&T Research Projects

  • Networked Communications Capability Program
    • Tactical Edge Wireless Experimentation
    • Group-wise Tactical Edge Networking
    • Distributed, Robust Network Transport
    • Network Monitoring and Management
    • Mobile Ad hoc Network Management
    • Cognitive Radios and Networks
  • Serverless Information Services
  • Dynamic Tactical Communication Networks (DTCN) Enabling Capability (EC)
  • Dynamic Network Adaptation for Mobile (DyNAMo) Systems
  • Coalition Networks for Secure Information Sharing (CoNSIS)
  • Advanced Tactical Data Link (ATDL) Enabling Capability (EC)
  • Self-Organizing Adaptive Underwater Network
  • Mobile Network Modeling Institute

System Level Research and Support Projects

  • U.S. Navy and DoD Tactical Edge Networks (TEN) Initiatives
  • Technical Support for various DARPA Technology Projects

Past Related Work

  • Service Oriented Networking Over Mobile Ad hoc (SONOMA) Networks
  • Mobile 802.11 Extended Service Sets
  • Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) in Mobile Ad hoc Networks
    • MAS Designs and Performance in Challenged Networks
    • Effective interagent communications in MANET
    • Modeling and Research Support Tools
  • Emerging Next GEneration Networks (ENGEN)
    • MANET Multicast Routing and Transport
    • MANET Extensions to OSPF
    • MANET Autoconfiguration
    • IPv6 Mobile Routing Extensions
    • Security Device Network Discovery
  • NATO Interoperable Networks for Secure Communication (INSC)
    • IPv6 Centric Next Generation Coalition Networks
    • International Testbed Environment
    • Appropriate Open Standard Mobile Network Technology
  • Defense Against CyberAttack in MANETS (DCAMANETs)
    • Large Scale Emulation and Evaluation
  • Networks in the EXtreme (NETEX)
    • UWB in Interference Environments
    • UWB-based MANET Networking
  • Control-Based MANET (CBMANET)
  • Mobile 802.11 Extended Service Sets
  • JTF WARNET
  • US Marine Corps CONDOR Program Support
  • Technical Support for ONR Agents in Networks Research