Surveillance and Control Data Link Network (SCDLN) for Joint STARS

Author

Sorgi, Al ; Bakhru, Kesh

Author_Institution

Cubic Defense Syst. Inc., San Diego, CA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

2-5 Oct 1994

Firstpage

485

Abstract

One of the Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) communications system is used to tie together an airborne radar platform and many mobile ground based facilities. The Surveillance and Control Data Link Network (SCDLN) uses a secure, highly jam-resistant, dynamically alterable two-way digital data link for the control and distribution of information. The downlink transfers processed real-time radar imagery data from the airborne platform to a network of ground stations; while the uplink provides message communications between ground terminals and the airborne platform or between any two ground terminals in the net using the airborne platform as a relay. The network has growth potential to many other applications; like transferring radar imagery utilizing crosslinks for wide area connectivity to other airborne platforms, Air Operational Center (AOC), or satellite(s) for worldwide distribution of selected important imagery data

Keywords

airborne radar; data communication; military communication; surveillance; Joint STARS; Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System; Surveillance and Control Data Link Network; airborne radar platform; dynamically alterable two-way digital data link; ground station network; message communications; mobile ground based facilities; real-time radar imagery data; secure communication; Airborne radar; Communication system control; Downlink; Military aircraft; Radar imaging; Radar tracking; Relays; Satellite ground stations; Spaceborne radar; Surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1994. MILCOM '94. Conference Record, 1994 IEEE

Conference_Location

Fort Monmouth, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1828-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1994.473993

Filename

473993