Packet-switched WANs: more with less

Author

Gibson, Tim

Author_Institution

US Army, South Korea

Volume

6

Issue

4

fYear

1992

fDate

7/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

39

Abstract

During Operation Desert Storm, the US military used a packet-switched wide area network (WAN) to support the Army Central Forces Command and Control Information System (AC2IS) for the first time. The lessons learned from the difficulties encountered connecting a digital computer network using tactical signaling and switching equipment are outlined. The communications support which was available in Saudi Arabia, the AC2IS WAN configuration, and the performance of the packet switches used in the network are described. Operational statistics of circuit performance are presented.<>

Keywords

command and control systems; computer networks; military computing; military systems; packet switching; AC2IS WAN; Army Central Forces Command and Control Information System; Operation Desert Storm; Saudi Arabia; US military; circuit performance; digital computer network; packet-switched wide area network; tactical signaling; Command and control systems; Communication switching; Computer networks; Information systems; Joining processes; Military computing; Packet switching; Storms; Switches; Wide area networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/65.145162

Filename

145162