Operational perspective on the tactical use of meteor burst communications

Author

Gilbert, Timothy A.

Author_Institution

Space & Naval Warfare Syst. Command, Washington, DC, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

4-7 Nov 1991

Firstpage

702

Abstract

A meteor burst communications network consisting of two master stations and several remote stations was tested during a recent NATO exercise. The author describes the results of these tests. The testing identified interface definition, formatted message processing, multifrequency usage, antenna design, encryption, and the man-machine interface as potential areas for improvement in meteor burst communications technology. In addition, master-station-to-master-station and master-station-to-remote data rate measurements were made in the theater during this exercise, revealing the existence of unusually long-duration meteor trails which were available during this exercise

Keywords

antennas; cryptography; meteor burst communications; military equipment; user interfaces; MBC; NATO exercise; antenna design; data rate measurements; encryption; formatted message processing; interface definition; long-duration meteor trails; man-machine interface; master stations; master-station-to-master-station; master-station-to-remote; meteor burst communications network; military communication; multifrequency usage; remote stations; tactical communication; Communication equipment; Communication networks; Communication standards; Costs; Cryptography; Error analysis; Frequency; Ionosphere; Marine vehicles; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1991. MILCOM '91, Conference Record, Military Communications in a Changing World., IEEE

Conference_Location

McLean, VA

Print_ISBN

0-87942-691-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1991.258348

Filename

258348