Title :
An innovative GIS-based telecommunications infrastructure integration system for Schriever Air Force Base cable plant management
Author :
Homjak, Aaron S. ; Howard, Wetzel B.
Author_Institution :
Schriever AFB, CO, USA
Abstract :
Due to the exponential increase of data during this “information age” the most basic practices of infrastructure and network architecture management have become increasingly unwieldy. This has been accelerated by the availability of affordable memory storage and the proliferation of enterprise networks in use across all types of commercial, governmental, and military organizations today. Previously considered just an infrastructure service, modern telecommunications has become a world-leading industry, a whole spectrum of new technologies, and in an era where “cyberwarfare” is a reality it is being viewed now as a weapon system by the military. This evolution has placed renewed importance of configuration information security, as data transmissions and command and control functions (C2) become central operational capabilities in their own right. Applying the advantages offered by geographical information system (GIS) techniques and massive programmable databases, we are ready to take the leap from evolutionary to the revolutionary in terms of data accessibility and situational awareness capabilities. The critical link which many organizations and software developers have been independently working on is how to access multiple, diverse datasets in separate locations across a network and read directly into the GIS application one is using. This is the approach the United States Air Force Space Command at Schriever Air Force Base (SAFE) is taking to implement its new advanced Communications Base Integration System (CBIS)
Keywords :
command and control systems; data communication; database management systems; geographic information systems; military communication; software engineering; telecommunication network management; telecommunication security; Communications Base Integration System; DBMS; GIS; GIS application; Schriever Air Force Base; United States Air Force Space Command; cable plant management; command and control; configuration information security; cyberwarfare; data accessibility; data transmission; datasets; enterprise networks; geographical information system; infrastructure management; infrastructure service; massive programmable databases; memory storage; network architecture management; organizations; situational awareness; software developers; telecommunications infrastructure integration system; weapon system; Acceleration; Command and control systems; Communication industry; Data communication; Defense industry; Electrical equipment industry; Geographic Information Systems; Information security; Military communication; Weapons;
Conference_Titel :
EUROCOMM 2000. Information Systems for Enhanced Public Safety and Security. IEEE/AFCEA
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6323-X
DOI :
10.1109/EURCOM.2000.874820