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Making better use of bandwidth [electronic resource] : data compression and network management technologies / John F. Pane and Leland Joe
- Author
- Pane, John F.
- Published
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2005.
- Additional Creators
- Joe, Leland, Arroyo Center. Force Development and Technology Program, Rand Corporation, and United States. Army
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- Summary
- Recent operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have demonstrated the Armys increasing reliance on communications, making it important to find ways in which the Army might better use bandwidth. This report discusses how existing data compression and network management techniques could be used in the near to medium term to improve performance. These techniques will not solve the bandwidth bottleneck but will contribute to better performance with minimal impact on existing networks. The authors describe how several modern compression technologies work, along with some of the tradeoffs involved in using them. In addition, network accelerators can improve throughput by changing network structure and operations at the last link to the user. These technologies enable users to manage their individual bandwidth needs and, when combined with new compression technologies, could potentially reduce bandwidth demands by an order of magnitude. The authors recommend that the Army incorporate compression and network acceleration technologies into future systems, identify where Army-specific tailoring could improve on commercial data compression technologies, and develop an experimental plan to determine acceptable compression-related losses in quality and to train users.
- Report Numbers
- RAND/TR-216-A
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 0833037455
- Note
- Title from title screen (viewed on January 4, 2006).
Document formatted into pages; contains 54 pages.
"RAND Arroyo Center." - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Technical Details
- Mode of access: internet via WWW.
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