Title :
Perceived issues associated with military use of satellite based personal communications systems
Author :
Bartko, AI ; Le, Anh Q. ; Thomas, Thomas N. ; Sheet, Lenny
Author_Institution :
Defense Inf. Syst. Agency, USA
Abstract :
As charged by Congress and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) created the Commercial Satellite Communications Initiatives (CSCI) program. The CSCI program´s purpose is to assess the use of available and planned commercial communications satellites to fulfill, in a cost-effective manner, certain military communications that would be otherwise provided by Government satellite systems. This paper describes planned commercial satellite based personal communications systems (PCS) capable of providing voice, data and other services anywhere in the world to mobile users equipped with lightweight, handheld transceivers. The paper then provides an overview of issues associated with military use of satellite PCS services
Keywords :
data communication; land mobile radio; military communication; mobile satellite communication; personal communication networks; telecommunication services; transceivers; voice communication; CSCI program; Commercial Satellite Communications Initiatives; DISA; Defense Information Systems Agency; Government satellite systems; Office of the Secretary of Defense; US Congress; commercial communications satellites; data services; handheld transceivers; military communications; military use; personal communications systems; satellite PCS services; satellite based personal communications systems; voice services; Artificial satellites; Government; Information systems; Low earth orbit satellites; Military communication; Military satellites; Mobile communication; Personal communication networks; Satellite communication; Transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 1995. MILCOM '95, Conference Record, IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2489-7
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1995.483690
