Policy Technologies for Federation and Interoperation of Coalition Networks
Mandis Beigi, Seraphin B. Calo, David A. Wood, Petros Zerfos · IGI Global eBooks · 2010
The salient characteristic of a coalition network is that two networks that may have evolved independently are brought together for a common operation. Dynamic communities of interests need to be established among the two networks, and establishing such communities requiring federating the assets and resources available in the disparate networks that make up the coalition. Each coalition partner may have guidelines restricting the operating conditions for working with other partners, and sharing information with the other partners. This chapter presents a life-cycle for policy management in the context of coalition operations which can be used to federate different information assets in a coalition, and allow improved interoperability among different constituents of the network.