Designing of a Telematic Network to Provide Real-Time Supervision and Control for Tactical Units

In this paper we present the design and implementation of a telematic network to provide real-time location based services for tactical units which interconnects soldiers, weapons systems, fire control units, sensors, reconnaissance and surveillance radars, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, with company-level command and control centers to the national center at the command level and the Defense Ministry headquarters, allowing real-time transmission of voice, image and geographical data. The design is based on a telematic network in which each vehicle receives positioning information through a GPS system. It is transmitted by radio to a base station where the signal is processed. It will also be able to give orders to avoid accidents, confusion and loss of soldiers in hostile areas. A description of the proposed system is presented. Flow charts for later coding in the programming language are shown. The way of how the transmitted signal is processed and then displayed to the user is illustrated. The evaluation of the results was carried out in Venezuela with equipment purchased by the Army and the efficiency of the proposed system is verified.