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CARET
Course of Action Analysis with Radio Effects Toolbox
Signal operations planners design and configure network topologies in support of mission requirements. Key challenges with these planning activities arise from the fact that Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) supporting Forces on the Move are subject to Adversary jamming activities and non-deterministic troop movement with respect to the desired plan. Due to such uncertainties in troop movement, adversary capabilities, and the health of Blue Force transmitters and receivers on mobile platforms, signal operations planners are subjected to rapid replanning and reconfiguration of networks to meet mission requirements. To address these needs, RAM Laboratories engineers developed an agent-based toolbox to assist Signal Operations Planners in evaluating potential MANET topologies against potential mission outcomes and troop position for forces on the move.
RAM Laboratories solution uses ONESAF Objective System to simulate missions as the Simulation Agent, Entity Reasoning Agents that assess the proximity of Blue/Red transmitters and receivers in critical areas of interest, Real-time Data Agents that interact with C4I Databases and the Spectrum Knowledge Repository for determining actual troop position and platform transmission/reception capabilities, and Network Routing Agents that utilizes RF modeling environments (such as TIREM or ITM) to evaluate transmission loss and QoS for network assets under assessment for the mission.