End-to-End Communications Practical Application

Question 1

What is the path description of email traveling through End-to-End for on a ship?

Answer 1

ISNS UNCLASS- ISNS SECRET- SCI- CENTRIXS

Question 2

What are factors affecting end-to-end communications that can cause interruption?

Answer 2

bandwidth, weather, satellite footprint, antenna block zones, and application servers.

Question 3

What are the affecting factors of bandwidth?

Answer 3

Limitations based on requiring more bandwidth than what is alloted.

Question 4

What are the affecting factors of weather?

Answer 4

Inclement weather may affect RF Communications

Question 5

What are the affecting factors of satellite footprint?

Answer 5

Depending on where the ship is in a satellite footprint communications reception may vary. Also, if the proper procedure to switch from one to another (cutover) is not followed communications maybe impacted.

Question 6

What are the affecting factors of antenna block zones?

Answer 6

Based on where the antenna are physically located on a ship there may be times when they do not have a direct view of the satellite; communications will be interrupted.

Question 7

What are the affecting factors of application servers?

Answer 7

other servers in an enclave might be down or the services for that applications are the network will be up for certain applications but still not working for others.