Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for enqueuing transport protocol commands with data in a low-bandwidth network environment. The method may include receiving data for transmission via a network connection, enqueuing the data, enqueuing a transport protocol command related to the network connection, transmitting the data via the network connection, and transmitting the transport protocol command after transmission of the data. In certain embodiments, the data and the transport protocol command are enqueued based at least in part on manipulating a transport protocol layer of a communication network, such as a tactical data network. In certain embodiments, the data is prioritized based on at least one rule, such as a content-based rule and/or a protocol-based rule. In certain embodiments, the transport protocol command includes a close connection command, for example.

Abstract: The presently described technology provides a method for selectively applying one or more QoS algorithms. The method comprises receiving data transmitted to a destination node in one or more of a first network and a second network and applying at least one of the QoS algorithms to the data based on the intended destination of the data. The presently described technology also provides a computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for a computer. The set of instructions comprises a data destination routine and an application routine. The data destination routine is configured to determine an intended destination of data received at a routing node. The application routine is configured to apply at least one QoS algorithm to at least a subset of the data based on the intended destination of the data.

Abstract: A system and a method for dynamically synchronizing a client (110) to a data source (105). The method can include the step of dynamically selecting a first length of format data to correspond to an amount of bandwidth of a commutated bitstream (115) allocated for synchronization. At least a first portion of a first format definition can be transmitted in the commutated bitstream (115). A size of the first portion can correspond to the first length of format data. The method also can include transmitting a current sentinel (205) in the commutated bitstream (115), the current sentinel (205) identifying a current commutation format of the commutated bitstream (115). An indication (120) can be received from the client that indicates that the client requires the first format definition. The step of transmitting the first portion of the first format definition can be responsive to the client indication.

Abstract: A method and a system for optimizing bandwidth utilization in a communications network (100) in which a commutated bitstream (115) is transmitted. The present invention can include a commutation format definition generator (405) which processes at least one triage value (425) to automatically generate commutation format definitions (155). The triage values can represent priority levels of data elements (420) in particular system states (430) and can be used to determine data transmission rates applicable to the data elements. The system can include a data source (105) which can process the commutation format definitions to generate the commutated bitstream. The data source can select a new commutation format definition to change the format of the commutated bitstream when the system state of the data source changes and optimize the commutated bitstream for the current system state and the current available network bandwidth.