Army Battlefield Communications

By J. Sullivan

Book Id: WPLBN0000035770
Format Type: PDF eBook
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Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Army Battlefield Communications
Author:	J. Sullivan
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Citation APA MLA Chicago Sullivan, J. (n.d.). Army Battlefield Communications. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Excerpt
Introduction: The Army Battlefield Communications (ABC) study was carried with support from the Army Research Office during the 1996 JASON Summer Study. The majority of the briefings and documents used by the Study Group in its work were unclassified. This report is unclassified. The authors thank the individuals listed below for their helpful briefings, discussions and correspondence. Briefings: Arogyaswami Paulrag, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University // Andrew Viterbi, Qualcomm, San Diego, CA, // Peter Kidd, Concepts Branch, US Army Signal Center, Ft. Gordon, GA // Michael Pursley, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson U // Paul Woodie, National Security Agency // Leonard Schiff, Qualcomm, San Diego, CA, // Larry Milstein, Electrical Engineering, University of California at San Diego...

Table of Contents
Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advantages of COTS for the Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shortcomings of COTS for Military Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R&D to Adapt COTS to Army Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Army Battlefield Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scope of the JASON ABC Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Army Echelon Cheat Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Army Vision: FORCE XXI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Early Digital Battlefield Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 Army Science Board Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ABC Accomplishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Three Architectures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advanced Warfight er Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ABC Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Technical Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCP/IP Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ATM vs . TCP/IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Data Rates for Desert Storm ......................... Bandwidth Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Data Rate Comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multilevel Communications Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . User-Battlefield Data Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advantages of COTS Cellular Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . .