Title :
The rapid deployment digital satellite network
Author :
O´Neil, David P.
Author_Institution :
Commun. Officers Sch., Marine Corps Univ., Quantico, VA, USA
Abstract :
The ground mobile forces (GMF) satellite digital multichannel radio, which provided the US Marine Corps with the primary transmission links for its switched backbone during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, is discussed. Reliable and highly mobile, the multichannel terminals provided clear and consistent digital pipelines for the Marine Corps circuit switched network and were rapidly deployed on military HWMMV vehicles. The GMF multichannel radios use the defense satellite communication system (DSCS) II and III super-high-frequency (SHF) wideband satellites as retransmission platforms enabling them to be operated theater-wide with no limit on transmission link distance. The deployment and installation of GMF assets in support of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force during Desert Shield/Desert Storm, including the minimization of outage time due to Sun passage through the radio beam, are described.<>
Keywords :
circuit switching; digital radio systems; military systems; mobile radio systems; satellite relay systems; switching networks; DSCS II; DSCS III; Operation Desert Storm; Operations Desert Shield; SHF wideband satellites; Sun; US Marine Corps; circuit switched network; defense satellite communication system; ground mobile forces; multichannel terminals; outage time; radio beam; retransmission platforms; satellite digital multichannel radio; switched backbone; transmission link distance; transmission links; Communication switching; Marine vehicles; Pipelines; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; Spine; Storms; Switching circuits; Telecommunication network reliability; Wideband;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
