Title :
The Livermore secure-voice radio system
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Livermore, CA, USA
Abstract :
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has designed and installed a security radio system that protects sensitive radio traffic against interception and deception while providing full radio coverage of the desired service area. The interception often includes penetration into buildings and heavily-shielded basement areas. The system is protected from possible assault or natural disasters. Expansion, flexibility, and integration of the control system with the security command console have been provided for. The system uses digital voice encryption throughout a system of receiver voting, VHF repeaters, and slotted transmission line for building penetration. It achieves redundancy and system protection by the use of backup antenna sites, secondary radio channels, a standby control system, and special electronics to monitor and control operation of the field units
Keywords :
alarm systems; control systems; cryptography; disasters; interference (signal); laboratories; military systems; protection; radio systems; redundancy; remote consoles; shielding; speech analysis and processing; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; VHF repeaters; assault; backup antenna sites; building penetration; deception; digital voice encryption; field unit monitoring; heavily-shielded basement areas; interception; natural disasters; radio coverage; receiver voting; redundancy; secondary radio channels; secure-voice radio system; security command console; sensitive radio traffic; slotted transmission line; standby control system; system expansion; system flexibility; system integration; system protection; Buildings; Control systems; Cryptography; Laboratories; National security; Protection; Radio control; Receivers; Repeaters; Voting;
Conference_Titel :
Security Technology, 1988. Crime Countermeasures, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1988 International Carnahan Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lexington, KY
DOI :
10.1109/CCST.1988.76003