Real-Time, Remotely Controlled, Unmanned, Surface Combatant (RT-RCUSC) using the internet
By: Floyd Bailey and Carl Robbins
Contributors: Robbins, Carl
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Description: This thesis was developed in response to the Navy's goal to reduce staffing levels aboard surface      combatants. The thesis describes the computers, peripherals, and communication networks that make a      Real-Time, Remotely Controlled, Unmanned, Surface Combatant, (RT-RCUSC) possible using wire and      wireless Internet connections and protocols. A Command and Control (C2) model was developed using      the rapid prototype methodology. The C2 model collected latency data which was analyzed to determine      the feasibility of a RT-RCUSC. Sixteen experiments using latency times were designed to determine the      viability of communication paths that progressively increased in distance and complexity. Variables      included the use of two protocols, TCP and UDP, the use of two satellite types, geosynchronous and      Low Earth Orbiting (LEO), as well as employing up to two satellites per end-to-end transmission path.
Notes: Thesis advisor, LuQi.

Thesis (M.S. in Software Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, Sept. 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-54).

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