SINCGARS Internet controller-heart of the digitized battlefield

Author

Schulman, Richard ; Snyder, Richard ; Williams, Larry J.

Author_Institution

Div. of Commun., ITT, Clifton, NJ, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

30 Apr-2 May 1996

Firstpage

417

Lastpage

421

Abstract

The SINCGARS Internet controller (INC) is a packet data capability that is being added to the production deliveries of the SINCGARS System Improvement Program (SIP) radio assemblies. From the prototypes developed in 1993, the INC has evolved to a highly functional router/gateway for the tactical Internet, becoming the heart of the digitized battlefield. Using the SINCGARS Combat Net Radio to support data communications in a mixed voice and data environment was made possible by advances in the SINCGARS radio to improve data reliability and channel access control. Extending the basic data capabilities through distributed switching functionality creates a richly connected packet data network for the entire tactical battlefield

Keywords

Internet; data communication; digital radio; internetworking; land mobile radio; military communication; military computing; packet radio networks; telecommunication computing; telecommunication control; telecommunication network routing; voice communication; SINCGARS Combat Net Radio; SINCGARS Internet controller; SINCGARS System Improvement Program; channel access control; data reliability; digitized battlefield; distributed switching; mixed voice-data environment; packet data communication; packet data network; radio assemblies; router/gateway; tactical Internet; tactical battlefield; Access control; Assembly systems; Control systems; Data communication; Heart; Internet; Production systems; Prototypes; Radio control; Telecommunication network reliability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Tactical Communications Conference, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996

Conference_Location

Fort Wayne, IN

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3658-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TCC.1996.561111

Filename

561111