Automating System Control Functions in the Defense Communications System

Author

DiSilvio, Steven M. ; Edell, John D.

Author_Institution

MAJ, Defense Communications Agency, Washington, D.C. 20305; Communications-Electronics Engineer in the Systems Integration Division, Defense Communication System Organization, Defense Communications Agency.

Volume

1

fYear

1986

fDate

5-9 Oct. 1986

Abstract

System control for the Defense Communications System (DCS) currently requires time-consuming manual efforts to consolidate status inputs and provide control responses via a highly centralized control structure. Integration within the DCS is very limited since subsystems (e.g., circuit switched voice, packet data, and transmission) in the past have typically been developed using unique, non-interoperable hardware and non-common data definition. The Defense Communications Operations Support System (DCOSS) is intended to improve the survivability, wartime effectiveness, integration and responsiveness of existing DCS system control through automation of the DCS control structure. Computers are expected to perform many of the system monitoring and real-time control functions using an integrated network of hardware and software systems.

Keywords

Automatic control; Centralized control; Communication switching; Communication system control; Control systems; Delay; Distributed control; Hardware; Packet switching; Switching circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference - Communications-Computers: Teamed for the 90's, 1986. MILCOM 1986. IEEE

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1986.4805661

Filename

4805661