Experimental studies in reconfigurable C4 test-bed for Network Enabled Capability

Neville A Stanton; Guy H Walker; Paul M Salmon; S Gulliver; D P Jenkins; D Ladva; L Rafferty; M S Young; S Watts; C Baber; J Cross; R J Houghton; R McMaster

Experimental studies in reconfigurable C4 test-bed for Network Enabled Capability

Neville A Stanton, Guy H Walker, Paul M Salmon, S Gulliver, D P Jenkins, D Ladva, L Rafferty, M S Young, S Watts, C Baber, …

Proceedings of 2006 NATO Virtual Media for Military Applications Workshop, pp.4.1-4.8

NATO Virtual Media for Military Applications Workshop, 2006 (New York, United States, 13-Jun-2006–15-Jun-2006)

2006

Design Practice and Management

Political Science

command and control

communication media

data push and pull

This paper reports on the development of a command and control environment that enables experimental studies to be conducted into Network Enabled Capability (NEC). The command and control environment comprises a reconfigurable Command Wall, and wireless local area network and reconfigurable wearable computers. The two studies reported in this paper explore communication media (study one) and data source/decay (study two). Study one showed the advantages and disadvantages of the electronic medium for passing data between the field and command room. Study two explored data push versus data pull and the effects of data decay on some aspects of command performance. As an experimental environment the reconfigurable C4 test-bed is now beginning to show some utility. Further studies are being planned and scenarios are being developed.

: Experimental studies in reconfigurable C4 test-bed for Network Enabled Capability
: Neville A Stanton (Author) - Brunel University of London
Guy H Walker (Author) - Brunel University of London
Paul M Salmon (Author) - Brunel University of London
S Gulliver (Author) - Brunel University of London
D P Jenkins (Author) - Brunel University of London
D Ladva (Author) - Brunel University of London
L Rafferty (Author) - Brunel University of London
M S Young (Author) - Brunel University of London
S Watts (Author) - Brunel University of London
C Baber (Author) - University of Birmingham
J Cross (Author) - University of Birmingham
R J Houghton (Author) - University of Birmingham
R McMaster (Author) - University of Birmingham
: Proceedings of 2006 NATO Virtual Media for Military Applications Workshop, pp.4.1-4.8
: NATO Virtual Media for Military Applications Workshop, 2006 (New York, United States, 13-Jun-2006–15-Jun-2006)
: 2006
: Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems; School of Law and Society
: English
: 99450228702621
: Conference paper

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