DoD Mobile Network Modeling Workshop VII
17 - 19 March 2015
Arlington, VA
Invitation for presentations and attendance
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Army Research Laboratory (ARL) are
co-hosting the seventh in a series of technical interchanges to exchange
information on Mobile Network Modeling with an emphasis on real-time network
emulation, validation, and analysis. This series is in support of developing
common wireless network emulation and mobile network modeling capabilities for
DoD research and development in the area of tactical networking. Emulation
tools and modeling frameworks have been developed to provide a common basis for
scalable, real-time experimentation with working network protocols and
applications. This includes support of scenario-driven experimentation to
allow exploration of complex interactions among network protocols and
application concepts in representative tactical environments. This is a
technical exchange where participants have also developed capabilities in this
area and/or expressed interest in applying such capability.
The purpose of this technical interchange is to exchange information on
emulation and model validation technologies that have been developed and can be
made available to the greater DoD community working in the area of mobile,
wireless network research and development. It is hoped that some convergence
can occur in the development of emulation systems, tools, models, and data
analysis/validation capabilities.
The specific venue in Arlington, Virginia is currently being identified and
specific venue and more detailed information will be provided in a future
announcement. At the moment the Holiday Inn in Arlington where the previous
years workshops have been held is being reserved.
Please RSVP to this announcement by February 6, 2015 to assist with our
planning. This includes attendance, candidate presentations, and interest in
training opportunities offered.
Topics
The previous events included a section on Introductory Presentations and
Updates respectively, where each participating organization provided a brief
overview of their recent activities in this area. A similar topic area will be
included this year with participants discussing their most recent MNM
developments, with emphasis placed on updates since the last interchange.
Technical areas of interest include:
* Emulation/Modeling System Validation
* Extensions and optimizations to modeling systems
* Metrics used to evaluate the utility of tactical or mobile network
systems
* Radio Models for testing
* Support tools for scenario definition, visualization, data logging, and
analysis
* Testbed Operations
* Experimentation Activities
Training
The previous events have included training and "deep dive" opportunities for
the open EMANE, CORE, and NMF software being developed. Similar opportunities
will be available this year. For EMANE, we currently plan to offer a deep dive
session on use of the control and monitoring port introduced in version 0.9x of
EMANE.
Additionally, we are planning to provide a training opportunity for the ns-3
discrete event simulator. ns-3 is a popular open-source, discrete-event
network simulator designed for Internet research. While extensive documentation
is available on the public website of the project, the training will offer
users the opportunity to learn from experts about the scope and capabilities of
the tools, how to run simulations, and how to write new code for ns-3. This
includes its wireless models for WiFi, LTE, and other connectivity.
Please RSVP with your interest in attending these training opportunities so we
can plan accordingly. More details on the training opportunities will be
provided in future announcements.
Presentations and Abstracts
The agenda will include presentations offered in response to this invitation.
It is requested that presenters provide materials to Nathan Smith
([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>) and Brian
Adamson ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>) prior
to the workshop so that they may be consolidated on a presentation computer
ahead of time. Upon permission of the presenters, the presentations will be
archived on the access-controlled server hosting NRL's collaborative Mobile
Network Modeling project. This is not public release, as access to these
materials will be available to DoD and DoD contractors only.
The draft agenda will include estimated time allowances for the presentations.
Please let us know if the specified time allowance differs significantly from
your actual time requirement as we may be able to make some small adjustments
to the agenda.
A short (3-5 sentence) abstract is requested for each presentation as well as
the name of the person providing the presentation. A workshop program will be
assembled and provided with these abstracts once the final agenda is
established.
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