The Circuit-Switched Network Design and Analysis Model: A Chronology of Its Development and Use

Harry G. Barker, David A. Calabrese, Martin J. Fischer (), David A. Garbin, J. Edward Knepley and Gregor W. Swinsky
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Harry G. Barker: Technical Integration Services Directorate, Defense Information Systems Agency, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Skyline 7, Falls Church, Virginia 22041
David A. Calabrese: Technical Integration Services Directorate, Defense Information Systems Agency, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Skyline 7, Falls Church, Virginia 22041
Martin J. Fischer: Mitretek Systems, 3150 Fairview Park Drive South, Falls Church, Virginia 22042
David A. Garbin: Cable and Wireless, 11700 Plaza America Drive, Reston, Virginia 20191
J. Edward Knepley: Knepley and Knepley, 19375 Cypress Ridge Terrace #811, Lansdowne, Virginia 20116
Gregor W. Swinsky: SETA, 6862 Elm Street, McLean, Virginia 22101

Operations Research, 2002, vol. 50, issue 5, 764-771

Abstract: The Defense Information System Agency (DISA) has managerial and engineering responsibility for a circuit-switched network currently known as the Defense Information System Network---Voice. This network was originally implemented in the 1960s and was known as the Automatic Voice Network. Throughout this time, DISA has used a network design and analysis model to reconfigure the network. This model was developed in the early 1970s, has been continually enhanced, and is used on a weekly basis to engineer and manage the network. Since 1975, it has been used to save the United States (U.S.) government approximately $1,400,000,000.00. In this paper, we present a chronology of its development, enhancement, and use.

Keywords: Communications: circuit-switch network design and analysis; Queues; algorithm: network algorithm. Military: defense systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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