Network interface to tactical communications

Interconnection of a large number of disparate users and heterogeneous networks for multiple Services to form a seamless communications infrastructure has many complex problems and issues. Some of the key problems in providing network interfaces to tactical communications (NITC) for the Battlefield Awareness and Data Dissemination (BADD) program relate to interoperability among tactical communications networks, efficient use of the limited bandwidth and limited on-the-move abilities of today´s tactical communications systems, and the need to extend the “reach” of the tactical communications by augmenting IP capabilities. This paper examines these problems and issues and identifies an architectural concept for the NITC