Title :
A network planning process (NPP) for the military tactical environment
Author :
Peterson, T.L. ; Lindley, R.A.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of IT & Comput. Sci., Wollongong Univ., NSW, Australia
fDate :
6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Advanced mobile and wireless commercial technologies and networks offer the opportunity to revolutionalize military tactical capability, enabling defense forces to be used to maximum effect. The challenge for defense organizations is to implement these technologies to improve operational capability. In this paper, a formal network planning process (NPP) is presented to meet this challenge. The planning structured process identifies the key organizational, environmental and technological factors that will impact the design of the future tactical communications network. This approach can be used to effectively guide the selection of the most appropriate mobile technologies, and the network architecture against which they may be applied
Keywords :
cellular radio; military communication; mobile satellite communication; telecommunication network planning; wide area networks; GSM; defense forces; defense organizations; formal network planning process; military tactical environment; mobile commercial technologies; mobile networks; network architecture; satellite communications; tactical communications network design; wide area network; wireless commercial technologies; wireless networks; Communication networks; Computer science; Meeting planning; Military communication; Military computing; Military satellites; Mobile communication; Process planning; Satellite broadcasting; Technology planning;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference Proceedings, 1999. MILCOM 1999. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlantic City, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5538-5
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1999.821427
