Managing military mobile communications networks
D.A.R. Rigler · 1989
Discusses the evolution of computer assisted management of communications networks which contain mobile nodes. The author reviews: the basic facilities provided by a typical management system; the history of the evolution through the BRUIN Management Information System via the Ptarmigan System Control Computer to the MRS Network Management Processor; the current state of management products; the current relationship with civilian systems; the near and medium term future and the influence of fourth generation languages and artificial intelligence. >