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© 2010 The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. Overview Four different architecture alternatives are presented: –Reference Case (no SWIM beyond Segment 1) –Federated Architecture –Enterprise Messaging Backbone Architecture –SWIM Core Architecture We will discuss the benefits associated with each architecture alternative

© 2010 The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. Reference Case (No SWIM Beyond Segment 1)

© 2010 The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. Reference Case (No SWIM Beyond Segment 1) A-C Interface A-B Interface B-C Interface

© 2010 The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. A-C Interface A-B Interface B-C Interface NAS System D, E, … A-D Interface B-D Interface C-D Interface For N systems there are on the order of N 2 potentially unique interfaces Reference Case (No SWIM Beyond Segment 1)

© 2010 The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. Option 1 - Federated Architecture (Continue and Expand Segment 1 Approach) Standardized interface logic

© 2010 The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. Option 1 - Federated Architecture (Continue and Expand Segment 1 Approach) NAS Information Layer (logical) N 2 standardized interfaces

© 2010 The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. Option 2 – Enterprise Messaging Backbone SWIM Core backbone replaces interconnected message brokers provided by individual programs N interfaces to messaging backbone, N 2 information interfaces

© 2010 The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. Option 3 - SWIM Core SWIM Core ESB provides a platform to host new NAS common info services Consolidated management of common NAS information – “One Stop Shopping” for information consumers N information interfaces