Author_Institution :
Defense Inf. Syst. Agency, Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
The development of a command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) architecture for the central command (CENTCOM) theater of operations during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm is described. CENTCOM C4I merged commercial and military communications systems into a fully integrated network. It employed tactical ground mobile forces (GMF) satellite systems, line-of-sight (LOS) radio systems, unit-level circuit switches (ULCS), and the primary interfaces to strategic systems, the TRI-TAC switching centers, automatic circuit (TTC-39A) and automatic message (TYC-39) switchboards. By the end of the ground war, the CENTCOM strategic network considered of over 100 defense satellite communication system (DSCS) satellite links, nine T-1 systems, over 300, DSN trunks, 26 AUTODIN circuits, and numerous dedicated-user, point-to-point, and data circuits.<>
Keywords :
command and control systems; military computing; mobile radio systems; radio links; satellite relay systems; telecommunications computing; AUTODIN circuits; C/sup 4/I architecture; CENTCOM C4I; DISA; DSCS; DSN trunks; Operation Desert Storm; Operations Desert Shield; T-1 systems; TRI-TAC switching centers; TTC-39A; TYC-39; automatic circuit switchboard; automatic message switchboard; central command; command and control systems; commercial systems; computer architecture; data circuits; defense satellite communication system; ground war; integrated network; line of sight radio systems; military communications systems; satellite links; satellite systems; strategic network; strategic systems; tactical ground mobile forces; unit-level circuit switches; Centralized control; Communication switching; Communication system control; Computer architecture; Computer vision; Military computing; Mobile communication; Satellite broadcasting; Storms; Switching circuits;
