Managing bandwidth usage in disconnected, intermittent, and low bandwidth (DIL) networks

A bandwidth management system for nodes in communication via disconnected, intermittent, and low bandwidth (DIL) networks, the system comprising:

• non-transitory computer readable storage media;
• a network operations server, at a node, that receives network operations data via a local area network and outputs the network operations data for transmission from the node via a plurality of wide area networks having an available bandwidth;
• and
• an application specific routing module that:
• stores information specifying one or more preferred wide area networks associated with a plurality of data types of the network operations data, the plurality of data types comprising status data, state data, log data, event data, and bulk network operations data;
• and
• outputs the network operations data for transmission via the preferred wide area networks associated with each data type.

A method for managing bandwidth usage by nodes in communication via disconnected, intermittent, and low bandwidth (DIL) networks, the method comprising:

• receiving network operations data via a local area network, by a network operations server at a node, for transmission from the node via one or more wide area networks having an available bandwidth;
• providing functionality, via a graphical user interface, to allocate at least some of the available bandwidth to each of a plurality of data types of the network operations data, the plurality of data types comprising at least some of status data, state data, log data, event data, and bulk network operations data;
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• temporarily storing the network operations data exceeding the allocated bandwidth for that data type in a data buffer in non-transitory computer readable storage media.