• DocumentCode
    1721825
  • Title

    The inland waterways communications system

  • Author

    Douglas, James A. ; Mowatt, Wayne G.

  • Author_Institution
    Tracor, Inc., Falls Church, Virginia
  • Volume
    31
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    4/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    220
  • Lastpage
    224
  • Abstract
    The Inland Waterways Communications System (IWCS) is an automated radiotelephone system which will provide service to vessels along the Mississippi, Ohio, and Illinois rivers, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. A system description of the IWCS is provided. In addition, the IWCS Test and Analysis System (TAS) is described. The TAS was implemented to demonstrate the TDMA SELCALL automated radiotelephone protocol.
  • Keywords
    Central office; Centralized control; Communication switching; Communication system control; Control systems; Protocols; Radio control; Radio frequency; Rivers; Telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vehicular Technology Conference, 1981. 31st IEEE
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VTC.1981.1622934
  • Filename
    1622934