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DARPA gets my point about commercial tech/ad hoc nets!
By WDavidStephenson | November 29, 2007
Hot dog! It’s always great to see when an establishment agency gets my message about the need for using commercially-available technology to allow for creation of flexible, ad hoc networks when the gold-plated stuff fails.
In this case, as Network World reports, DARPA has launched Project Wireless Adaptive Network Development (couldn’t find anything about it on DARPA site), which will be built around new software algorithms and $500 walkie-talkie-sized radios that can span 4 independent channels, and “will explit commercial, rather than custom, radio components.” Hmm, where have we heard that approach before?
Let’s hope that the same technology is quickly deployed at home for disaster and terrorism response. CONTINUED…
Topics: technology, collaboration, networked security | |
