Rapidly deployable mobile bridges are of direct relevance to military and civilian agencies. The US Army uses such bridges in a broad range of applications including assault, tactical, and general communication. Civilian use extends from temporary infrastructure improvements during natural

The United States Military has a high need for rapidly deployable, lightweight, soft-walled structures that are capable of providing rugged protection from chemical and biological (CB) warfare agents. The versatility of these structures serve command and control, medical, and rest and relief

A proof-of-concept implementation for an experimental wireless ATM network developed within the project RDRN (Rapidly Deployable Radio Network) is presented in this paper. The RDRN architecture consists of two types of transportable nodes, remote nodes (RNs) and edge nodes (ENs), which utilize GPS

In this thesis we examine the use of rapidly deployable cellphone net-works for disaster relief efforts. Disasters are require a coordinated response from many different groups and clear communication to civilians affected by the disaster. This needs a good communication system that does not rely

Abstract: We present the design of a rapidly deployable backbone communications system for disaster response. Although work on the system began in 2000, it is intended for disasters like those that occurred on September 11, 2001. It illuminates the disaster site with RF that supports high

The IPv6 Rapid Deployment on IPv4 Infrastructures (6rd) provides both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity services simultaneously during the IPv4/IPv6 coexistence period. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) 6rd option has been defined to configure the 6rd Customer Edge (CE). However, in many

This paper presents a framework for rapid development of interfaces between software tools, which are distributed over heterogeneous platforms, to facilitate collaboration between organizations. We describe a Rapid Agent Deployment Architecture (RADA) for designing autonomous, mobile agents

The primary goal of the Rapidly Deployable Radio Network (RDRN) project is to develop a high speed Asynchronous Transfer Mode based wireless communication system that is adaptive at both the link and network levels to allow for rapid

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This paper presents a knowledge based approach to increase the use of simulation in the construction industry without its us-ers having to become or hire experts in simulation techniques. The premise of this approach is to use existing process-related schedule information as inputs to create a functioning simulation model with little or no user intervention. It explains analyti-cal capabilities and limitations of schedules and simulation, reviews previous discrete event simulation studies, and discusses integrating knowledge from this domain. It describes the architecture of the WorkSim ® system. A case study presents processes of a real construction project. The conceptual and pragmatic feasibility of converting schedules into simulations is tested with its representative sample dataset. Modeling and analyzing this case study establishes the technical viability of the ideas discussed in the paper. Future work will examine challenges to the quality of such models, e.g. their resolution, required resource data, and duration distributions. 1