Multicasting experiments in tactical operations

Author

Craighill, Earl ; Staba, Jay

Author_Institution

SRI Int., Menlo Park, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

2-5 Nov 1997

Firstpage

1216

Abstract

In 1993, DARPA and CECOM embarked on a program called Commercial Communications Technology Testbed (C2T2). The goal of C2T2 was to systematically evaluate the applicability of commercial communication systems to tactical users, specifically the dismounted infantry. This paper discusses the use of a multicasting capability, one of the unique features of that system, to create a “common view of the battlefield” and assess the impact of high link error rates caused by very adverse tactical RF environments. Data collected during the Warrior Focus AWE is analyzed and implications are discussed for future tactical internet communication systems for dismounted infantry

Keywords

data communication; internetworking; land mobile radio; military communication; radio links; C2T2; CECOM; Commercial Communications Technology Testbed; DARPA; Warrior Focus AWE; adverse tactical RF environments; battlefield; commercial communication systems; data distribution; dismounted infantry; high link error rates; multicasting experiments; tactical internet communication systems; tactical operations; trunked land mobile radio system; Base stations; Command and control systems; Communications technology; Error analysis; Internet; Land mobile radio; Military computing; Radio frequency; Spatial databases; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

MILCOM 97 Proceedings

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4249-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1997.644962

Filename

644962