Object-Oriented Modelling and Analysis of a Marine Corps CommunicationsArchitecture

摘要

The Marine Corps Communications Architecture Analysis Model (MCCAAM) presented inthis thesis gives Marine Corps decision makers, analysts, and communications officers the ability to quantify the effectiveness of alternative tactical radio system configurations within a given Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) environment. The Marine Corps will be fielding the SINCGARS frequency-hopping radio system during the next five years. During the transition period, there will be units that will employ both the conventional fixed-frequency radios and he SINCGARS radios in the same area at the same time. Marine Corps decision makers and communications offices can use MCCAAM performance results to determine where best to allocate the new frequency-hopping radios, as they become available, in order to maximize the overall frequency-modulated communications performance of a MAGTF. Using a unique traffic workload paradigm to generate realistic message traffic, this object-oriented simulation model assesses the overall performance of a given architecture through a penalty accrual process and through aggregating traditional communications measures of effectiveness. The results of system performance rankings and associated sensitivity trade-off analyses provide the analyst with a powerful and easy-to-use decision making aid.