An effectiveness study for prioritization algorithms in a communications node model for the Copernicus Tactical Data Information Exchange System (TADIXS).

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by  Halton, Christopher H.

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AN EFFECTIVENESS STUDY FOR
PRIORITIZATION ALGORITHMS IN A
COMMUNICATIONS NODE MODEL FOR THE
COPERNICUS TACTICAL DATA INFORMATION
EXCHANGE SYSTEM (TADIXS).
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Christopher H. Halton
September 1997
Principal Advisor: Michael G. Sovereign
Associate Advisor: Orrin E. Marvel
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AN EFFECTIVENESS STUDY FOR PRIORITIZATION ALGORITHMS IN
A COMMUNICATIONS NODE MODEL FOR THE COPERNICUS TACTICAL
DATA INFORMATION EXCHANGE SYSTEM (TADIXS)
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Halton, Christopher H,
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The U.S. Navy has published its vision of the future in Command, Control,
Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) Copernicus. Copernicus
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takes advantage of new technology and attempts to answer the demand for larger
amounts of more timely information. Despite the advances in technology, new
transmission methods and increased bandwidth, the U.S. Navy still does not have
all the communications throughput that it desires. The author examines message
prioritization algorithms as a way of making more efficient use of scarce
communications resources. Through a simple communications node model and two
algorithms, it is statistically proven that prioritization algorithms can improve
the efficiency of a communication system.
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Copernicus, Tactical Data Information Exchange System 142
(TADIXS), Algorithms, Prioritization. 16. PRICE CODE
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AN EFFECTIVENESS STUDY FOR PRIORITIZATION ALGORITHMS
IN A COMMUNICATIONS NODE MODEL FOR THE COPERNICUS
TACTICAL DATA INFORMATION EXCHANGE SYSTEM (TADIXS).
Christopher H. Halton
Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy
B.S., University of Idaho, 1986
Submitted in partial fulfillment
ofthe requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
(Joint Command, Control, and Communications)
from the
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
September 1997