Title :
Distributed TACS Communications
Author_Institution :
E-SYSTEMS INC. CENTER FOR ADVANCED PLANNING AND ANALYSIS
Abstract :
The Center for Advanced Planning and Analysis recently completed an examination of C2 communications for a distributed Tactical Air Control System (TACS) which consisted solely of ground based C2 nodes separated by hundreds of kilometers. A traffic requirements data base previously developed for the TACS, was matched against the capabilities of a 119 KBPS JTIDS net using one relay aircraft. Results of this comparison indicated that such a JTIDS configuration can meet the voice and data needs of a distributed TACS. Erlang analysis established message queuing times on the order of 20 seconds and 97% availability of the voice channels.
Keywords :
Air traffic control; Aircraft; Communication system control; Communication system traffic control; Control systems; Distributed control; Queueing analysis; Relays; Speech analysis; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference - Crisis Communications: The Promise and Reality, 1987. MILCOM 1987. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC, USA
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1987.4795326
