DocumentCode
1212522
Title
UNICOM System Objectives
Author
Foster, Hugh F., Jr.
Author_Institution
U.S. Army Electronics Command, Ft. Monmouth, NJ, USA
Volume
13
Issue
1
fYear
1965
fDate
3/1/1965 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
59
Lastpage
64
Abstract
The United States Army has been actively considering deficiencies in the present communication system since the Korean conflict. In 1954 the concept of a Universal Integrated Communications System (UNICOM) was evolved. The fundamental objective of UNICOM is the achievement of an integrated, world-wide switching system, flexible in structure, and designed to meet the needs of substantially all military users. UNICOM is being developed around a concept that is highly flexible in nature. The Central Processor, a high-speed, digital, special-purpose communication computer, controls the message switch, the digital circuit switch, and the analog switch of the engineering test model now under development.
Keywords
Analog computers; Centralized control; Circuit testing; Communication switching; Communication system control; Digital circuits; Military computing; Switches; Switching circuits; Switching systems;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communication Technology, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9332
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TCOM.1965.1089093
Filename
1089093
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