Distributed Network Environment for Infrared Sensor Image Acquisition and SignalProcessing

摘要

The objectives of this project are to design a distributed network environmentfor infrared sensor image acquisition and signal processing and implement the design in Rome Laboratory's internal network. The technical problem is to manipulate 12 bit digital infrared image data in an efficient manner that exploits all of the computing power available on the network. The general methodology is to maintain the network operating systems at the release levels that will optimize the computational throughput of the network, and to arrange the data so that it is logically close to the user and network node that will perform the mathematical operations. The proximate location of the data and the compute engine reduces the effect of network bandwidth limitations inherent in conventional Ethernet networks. This arrangement of data will improve the effective performance of the individual nodes on the network. The network improvements implemented under Contract F19628-93-C-0058 was specific to the existing network configuration at Rome Laboratory. New equipment was added to the existing network to make it specific to IR image processing algorithm development. It is our belief that the configuration proposed and established for Rome Laboratory is of no use to other researchers, because it is particular to the algorithm development and the pre-existing network at Rome Laboratory. Additionally, computer technology is changing so rapidly that it would be advantageous for other researchers to use the newest and best equipment and not to base their network on the network implemented at Rome Laboratory.