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The Benefits of Network Coding over a Wireless Backbone

November 30, 2009
Author(s)
Hui Guo, Yi Qian, Kejie Lu, Nader Moayeri
Network coding is a promising technology that can effectively improve the efficiency and capacity of multi-hop wireless networks by exploiting the broadcast nature of the wireless medium. However, existing studies have demonstrated that the benefits of

USGv6 Testing Program User's Guide

November 30, 2009
Author(s)
J. S. Nightingale
OMB Memorandum M-05-22 directed the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop the technical infrastructure (standards and testing) necessary to support wide scale adoption of IPv6 in the US Government (USG). Upon detailed inspection

Practical Interdomain Routing Security

November 20, 2009
Author(s)
David R. Kuhn, Simon Liu, Hart Rossman
This article reviews risks and vulnerabilities in interdomain routing, and best practices that can have near-term benefits for routing security. It includes examples of routing failures and common attacks on routers, and coutermeasures to reduce router

Cybersecurity Fundamentals for Small Business Owners

November 19, 2009
Author(s)
Shirley M. Radack
This bulletin summarizes the information that was published in NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7621, Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals, by Richard Kissel. The publication presents three major areas that small businesses should address

Trends in Multimedia Communications Over Mobile Networks

November 3, 2009
Author(s)
Hamid Gharavi
Increasing demand for high quality multimedia services has been a driving factor in the technological evolution of high bandwidth wireless/mobile communications systems and standards. The most challenging aspect is the support of higher quality video

Simplified Analysis of Matcher Performance and Fusion

October 14, 2009
Author(s)
Vladimir N. Dvornychenko
Provides some first-order techniques for analyzing matcher performance. A novel argument is used to derive the power-law as a kind of baseline for analyzing matcher performance. The power-law is then applied to two situations: a) CMC curves, and b) fusion

Open Issues in Secure DNS Deployment

October 6, 2009
Author(s)
Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Scott W. Rose
This paper describes some practical administrative issues and challenges in the deployment of DNSSEC - an IETF specified suite of security measures for securing the Domain Name System (DNS). The issues covered include: (a) Choice of Cryptographic

System and Network Security Acronyms and Abbreviations

September 30, 2009
Author(s)
Karen Scarfone, Victoria Thompson
This report contains a list of selected acronyms and abbreviations for system and network security terms with their generally accepted or preferred definitions. It is intended as a resource for Federal agencies and other users of system and network

Evaluating Speech Translation Systems: Applying SCORE to TRANSTAC Technologies

September 29, 2009
Author(s)
Craig I. Schlenoff, Brian A. Weiss, Michelle P. Steves, Gregory A. Sanders, Frederick M. Proctor, Ann M. Virts
The Spoken Language Communication and Translation System for Tactical Use (TRANSTAC) program is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) advanced technology research and development program. The goal of the TRANSTAC program is to demonstrate

Improving Data Quality in Embedded Sensor Systems for APC

September 28, 2009
Author(s)
Julien M. Amelot, YaShian Li-Baboud
Achieving next-generation factory (NGF) goals has been an industry challenge for APC applications to acquire a sufficient level of data quality to maximize the benefits of automation. For example, it is difficult to get accurate timestamps because sensor
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