High capacity, high speed ATM network for the joint warrior interoperability demonstration, JWID´94

The JWID´94 high capacity enhanced services ATM Network was installed and made operational for the demonstration. This demonstration showed that the ATM technology and products are mature. It accommodated distributed collaborative planning (DCP) activities to support global command and control system (GCCS) warfighters application. Some of the advertised ATM technology features and capabilities were evaluated during JWID´94. In particular, bandwidth reservation features showed that C4I users supporting each CINC access fully utilized circuits and make use of “reserved bandwidth-on-demand” without affecting mission priorities. This capability was invaluable when needed for high priority video teleconferencing (VTC) sessions during DCP activities. The interface with SECRET-high legacy systems was also evaluated and successfully demonstrated. The scalable design of the ATM switches supported direct connection allowing the network to match user line speed requirements on a cost efficient basis. Network management was accomplished using commercial-off-the-shelf Government owned products. DISA standards based network operations, which included monitoring, control, performance analysis, trouble diagnosis, maintenance dispatch and network configuration management, were accomplished using existing DISA tools and approved procedures for managing other DISA networks