Raytheon Company

Mark Warren Henry

Mu-Cheng Wang

Gregory Scott Schrecke

Steve Davidson

Matt A Kahn

Pavan Reddy

Steven Alan Davidson

Matthew Aaron Kahn

In one embodiment, a composite Network of Networks is created out of a set otherwise separate constituent networks by a system that includes an operations station and one or more gateways. The operations station is configured to transmit a set of policies for processing data packets travelling through a composite network, where the composite network includes two or more independent constituent networks. The gateways are each communicatively connected between two or more attached constituent networks. A first gateway is configured to receive a data packet from a first constituent network attached to the first gateway; determine one or more real-time network situational awareness characteristics; process the data packet by applying the policies to the data packet based at least in part on the network situational awareness characteristics; and transmit the data packet to a second network attached to the first gateway and distinct from the first constituent network.

Adaptive network of networks architecture

A network gateway device, comprises a tactical data link interface circuit to receive a message from a tactical data link unit in a tactical data link network, the tactical data link unit associated with a unique identifier within the tactical data link network; a message transformation circuit to: extract the unique identifier from the message; and build an Internet Protocol packet using a source address based on the unique identifier; and an Internet Protocol interface circuit to process the Internet Protocol packet toward a destination.

IP address translation for tactical networks

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a data packet at a routing engine of a node of a network. A route is selected, from a forwarding table of the node, for sending the data packet from the node to a destination of the data packet. The forwarding table includes route characteristics, including route costs, related to two or more routes from the node to the destination. The selected route is analyzed, by a hardware computing device, to determine whether the selected route is suitable to convey the data packet based on real-time traffic information. The data packet is returned to the routing engine if the selected route is determined unsuitable to convey the data packet. An alternate route is selected, from the forwarding table, for the data packet in place of the previous selected route if the previous selected route is unsuitable to convey the data packet.

Network path selection in policy-based networks using routing engine

Method for determining link characteristics of a network link including: selecting or configuring one or more existing network traffic packets with one or more requirements when necessary, wherein the one or more requirements include a receiving network node having knowledge about the packets it should receive; transmitting the selected one or more network traffic packets from a transmitting network node to the receiving network node; and examining the transmitted selected one or more network traffic packets to determine the link characteristics of a network link between the transmitting network node and the receiving network node, according to said knowledge about the packets.

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Wellesley, MA, United States of America

Mark Warren Henry