Control and management of a tactical transmission subsystem: An integrated solution

Author

Darmon, Marc ; Gerlot, Bruno

Author_Institution

Alcatel Telspace, Nanterre, France

Volume

3

fYear

1993

fDate

11-14 Oct 1993

Firstpage

887

Abstract

The paper deals with a fully integrated system, which allows management and control of transmission equipment (mainly microwave line-of-sight tactical multichannel radios and tactical troposcatter stations), from a standard ruggedized 486 PC located anywhere in a tactical area network. This management system does not need any other equipment than the radios themselves. As a matter of fact, a secure network protocol is implemented in a small board included in every radio (line-of-sight or troposcatter): orders and alarms between radios and the management center use an independent “parallel” flood search network. The same 486 PC has other facilities to help for planning phase definition and network deployment: visualization of digital terrain, of the network and of path profile, link budget calculation and frequency plan allocation

Keywords

budgeting; computer network management; frequency allocation; land mobile radio; local area networks; microwave links; planning; protocols; radio spectrum management; frequency plan allocation; integrated system; link budget calculation; ruggedized 486 PC; secure network protocol; tactical multichannel radios; tactical transmission subsystem; tactical troposcatter stations; transmission equipment control; transmission equipment management; Computer network management; Control systems; Electronic warfare; Microcomputers; Microwave devices; Power system management; Protocols; Radio control; Radio spectrum management; Relays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1993. MILCOM '93. Conference record. Communications on the Move., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0953-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1993.408693

Filename

408693