NCJ Number
18167
Date Published
1975
Length
252 pages
Annotation
DOCUMENTS THE ANALYSIS OF NINE ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS (NALECOM) CONDUCTED BY THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY (JPL) FOR LEAA.
Abstract
THE NETWORK ANALYSIS/EVALUATION STUDY WAS CONCERNED WITH DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF NINE DIFFERENT NETWORK CONFIGURATIONS. EACH CONFIGURATION IS CAPABLE OF HANDLING STATE-TO-STATE (S-S) AND STATE-TO-NATIONAL (S-N) CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAFFIC AND DISCUSSED IN DETAIL IN AN APPENDIX. SECTION II CONSISTS OF FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS, DESIGN GUIDELINES, AND OTHER FACTORS THAT DEFINE A STARTING POINT FOR NETWORK ANALYSIS. SECTIONS III AND IV DESCRIBE THE APPROACHES TO ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION. SECTIONS V AND VI DETAIL SPECIFIC RESULTS OF THE ANALYSES AND EVALUATIONS PERFORMED FOR ALL OPTIONS, AND SECTION VII PRESENTS CONCLUSIONS. A GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ACRONYMS IS PRESENTED IN THE APPENDIX. NINE NETWORK OPTIONS, RANGING FROM EXISTING CONFIGURATIONS TO MULTI-REGIONAL DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS, WERE IDENTIFIED. TOPOLOGIES WERE ANALYZED, AND EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH OPTION WERE DEFINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NALECOM FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGN GUIDELINES. THE OPTIONS LEADING TO SPECIFIC CONCLUSIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)