Title :
Performance analysis of collaborative planning over a multi-hop Near Term Digital Radio (NTDR) network
Author :
Dimarogonas, J. ; Snyder, M.D. ; Barsoum, Y. ; Mosera, V.M.
Author_Institution :
Mitre Corp., Eatontown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Collaborative planning (CP) applications are becoming an integral part of today´s warfighters requirements as illustrated by the fielding requirements of the First Digitized Division (FDD). CP allows the warfighters to effectively plan missions by integrating voice, text chat, application sharing and whiteboarding. In the FDD, CP is deployed at battalion (BN) brigade (BDE) and division (DIV) tactical operation centers (TOCs). The communications requirements vary at the different echelons. The difference stems from the fact that the BN TOCs are required to support more frequent movements than BDE or DIV TOCs. Because of this frequent mobility requirement, an ad hoc terrestrial communications system is employed. Currently, the Near Term Digital Radio (NTDR) is used to provide communications between BDE and BN TOCs
Keywords :
digital radio; land mobile radio; military communication; packet radio networks; telecommunication network planning; transport protocols; voice communication; First Digitized Division; Near Term Digital Radio; TCP; ad hoc terrestrial communications system; application sharing; battalion; brigade; collaborative planning; mobility requirement; multi-hop radio network; packetised voice; performance analysis; tactical operation centers; text chat; whiteboarding; Ad hoc networks; Collaboration; Digital communication; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Protocols; Spread spectrum communication; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
MILCOM 2000. 21st Century Military Communications Conference Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6521-6
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2000.904017