Abstract. Communications network analysis and performance optimization is a complex and
difficult task, even at the best of times. However, when this process takes place in
multiple countries with extreme topography, communication links and networks of
unpredictable and varying quality, climatic extremes, and with a backdrop of the longest war
in US history, the challenge becomes even more daunting. In this paper, we discuss the
forensic approach to the performance diagnosis of a mission-critical application deployed by
US Central Command in the Middle East.

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