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Mission-oriented and Tactical Networks

Figure: Satellite-Aerial-Ground Integrated Network (SAGIN)  Copyright: IEEE, Dennis Agnew

Network Management for Mission-Oriented and Tactical Networks

 
 
National Science Foundation I/UCRC Center for Space, High-Performance, and Resilient Computing. Graduated in 2024.
SHREC Center Website
SHREC Member/Project Sponsor: MIT Lincoln Labs

Project Goal: Secure networking and multimedia control for C5ISR environments; dynamic management of heterogeneous application requirements for mission-oriented and tactical networks.

Demos

  1. A. Rice-Bladykas, J. McNair and J. Shea, Demo of “Dynamic Spectral Clustering for Tactical Satellite-Aerial-Ground Integrated Networks,” to appear in Proc of IEEE Military Communications Conference 2025.

Relevant Publications:

  1. A. Rice-Bladykas, J. McNair and J. Shea, Demo of “Dynamic Spectral Clustering for Tactical Satellite-Aerial-Ground Integrated Networks,” to appear in Proc of IEEE Military Communications Conference 2025.
  2. Agnew, D., Rice-Bladykas, A. and McNair, J. “Detection of Zero-Day Attacks in a Software-Defined LEO Constellation Network using Enhanced Network Metric Predictions,” IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 5, pp. 6611-6634, 2024, doi: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.3481965.
  3. Agnew, D., del Aguila, A. and Mcnair, J.  “Enhanced Network Metric Prediction for Machine Learning-Based Cyber Security of a Software-Defined UAV Relay Network,” IEEE Access Journal, vol. 12, pp. 54202-54219, 2024, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3387728
  4. K. Nagaraj, D. Agnew, P. K. Mangipudi, A. Starke, Z. Nie and J. McNair, “Graph Machine Learning based Cyber Attack Detection for Mobile Tactical Networks,” IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Boston, MA, USA, 2023, pp. 170-175.
  5. Starke, A., McNair, J. Poster: Load Balanced Controller Association in Wireless Distributed SDNs IEEE Pervasive Computing Conference PhD Workshop. 2020.
  6. K. Nagaraj, S. Bhasale, J. McNair, and A. Helmy, “Vulnerability assessment and classification based on influence metrics in mobile social networks,” ACM International Symposium on Mobility management and Wireless Access, November 2019, Miami, FL.
  7. Starke, Allen and Nei, Zixiang and Hodges, Morgan and Baker, Corey and McNair, Janise, “Denial of Service Detection & Mitigation Scheme Using Responsive Autonomic Virtual Networks (RAvN),” IEEE Military Communications Conference, MILCOM, pp. 1-6, November 2019.
SHREC Members/Project Sponsors: Terry Consultants, Inc. and Renaissance Associates

Project Goal: Secure wireless communications for C5ISR environments

Relevant Publications:

  1. P. Mangipudi, M. Merugu, J. McNair, J. Terry, and D. Veney, “PESTnet – Pre-IFFT PAPR Estimation using Neural Networks for Improved OFDM Systems,” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, March 2023.
  2. E. Ekici, S. Vural, J. McNair, and D. Al-Abri, “Secure Probabilistic Location Verification in Randomly Deployed Wireless Sensor Networks,” Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal, vol 6, no 2, pp. 195–209, April 2007.

 

 

Adaptive Management and Control for Reliable and Resilient WDM LANs

Project Sponsor: NAVAIR/MITRE

Project Goal: Time-Sensitive Networks (TSNs) are a crucial component in mission-centered computing. A key challenge is the need to synchronize transmissions among heterogeneous multimedia network traffic with varying quality of service (QoS) constraints. Test bed and the corresponding studies of traffic performance using TTTech technology.

Relevant Publications:

  1. A. Starke, M. Ford, D. Kumar, J. McNair, and A. Bell, “A Test Bed Study of Network Determinism for Heterogeneous Traffic Using Time-Triggered Ethernet,” IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Baltimore, MD, October 23-25, 2017.
  2. A. Starke, D. Kumar, M. Ford, J. McNair, A. George, “A Survey and Comparison of Leading Edge Space Networking Protocols,” Government Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology Conference, GoMACTech, March 2016.
  3. D. Wang and J. McNair, “Topological Optimization for Spare-Sharing-Based Wavelength-Routed All-Optical Networks,” Elsevier Optical Switching and Networking (OSN), Volume 9, Issue 4, pp. 297-313, November 2012.
  4. D. Wang, M. Sivakumar, A. Kumar, J. McNair, and D. Richards, “Multi-Layer Simulation Design and Validation for a Two-Tier Fault-Tolerant WDM LAN,” IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 142–151, March 2012.
  5. D. Wang and J. McNair, “A Torus-Based 4-Way Fault-Tolerant Backbone Network Architecture for Avionic WDM LANs,” Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol 3, no 4, April 2011.