Title :
The rapidly deployable radio network
Author :
Evans, Joseph B. ; Minden, Gary J. ; Shanmugan, K.S. ; Prescott, Glen ; Frost, Victor S. ; Ewy, Ben ; Sanchez, Ricardo ; Sparks, Craig ; Malinimohan, K. ; Roberts, James ; Plumb, Richard ; Petr, Dave
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. & Inf. Technol. Center, Kansas Univ., Lawrence, KS, USA
fDate :
4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The rapidly deployable radio network (RDRN) is an architecture and experimental system to develop and evaluate hardware and software components suitable for implementing mobile, rapidly deployable, and adaptive wireless communications systems. The driving application for the RDRN is the need to quickly establish a communications infrastructure following a natural disaster, during a law enforcement activity, or rapid deployment of military force. The RDRN project incorporates digitally controlled antenna beams, programmable radios, adaptive protocols at the link layer, and mobile node management. This paper describes the architecture for the RDRN and a prototype system built to evaluate key system components
Keywords :
adaptive systems; array signal processing; digital control; digital radio; land mobile radio; linear antenna arrays; military communication; protocols; radio networks; radio receivers; telecommunication computing; telecommunication control; telecommunication network management; transceivers; RDRN project; adaptive protocols; adaptive wireless communications systems; communications infrastructure; digital receiver; digitally controlled antenna beams; experimental system; hardware components; law enforcement; linear antenna array; link layer; military force; mobile node management; mobile wireless communications systems; natural disaster; programmable radios; radio network architecture; radio transceiver; rapidly deployable radio network; software radio; Adaptive systems; Application software; Communication system software; Computer architecture; Hardware; Law enforcement; Military communication; Mobile communication; Radio network; Wireless communication;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
