Raytheon BBN Technologies

Adaptive Middleware Improves Quality of Service, Performance and Survivability

Middleware is infrastructure software that lies between applications and a machine's operating system. We develop advanced adaptive middleware for distributed systems that enables:

• Distribution of functionality and communication management across hosts and the associated network
• Enhanced Quality of Service (QoS) and user experience
• Applications with greater survivability and fault tolerance that are more resilient in hostile environments

Our groundbreaking research in adaptive middleware spans:

• An Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Advanced Protected Services project to develop adaptive protection mechanisms for service oriented architecture (SOA) applications that are more resilient against malicious attacks, including insider attacks
• An ARFL collaboration on Quality of Service (QoS) Enabled Dissemination (QED) to develop adaptive middleware that enables high rate, low latency and smooth distribution of information important to a particular mission
• A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project to develop component-based and aspect-oriented QoS middleware adaptable to changing environmental conditions

In addition, our adaptive middleware technology has been showcased in several live-flight operational demonstrations, including:

• The successful use of QoS management middleware to direct the information exchange between dismounted warfighters across constrained, shared and dynamically changing radio links in live-flight demonstrations at The Joint Expeditionary Forces Experimentation (JEFX) 2010
• The dissemination of mission critical information during several high altitude flight demonstrations throughout a battlespace (beyond line-of-sight)
• The use of adaptive middleware to share ISR and C2 information in a time critical targeting scenario at DARPA’s Program Composition for Embedded Systems PCES Capstone Demonstration
• The support of mission replanning between a C2 aircraft and a fighter aircraft, while in flight and en route as part of The Weapon System Open Architecture (WSOA) project