Post-2000 tactical communications systems for NATO

Author

Quan, Wing C. ; Sive, E. Robert

Author_Institution

Defense Inf. Syst. Agency, USA

Volume

33

Issue

10

fYear

1995

fDate

10/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

113

Lastpage

118

Abstract

NATO´s Project Group 6 has developed an architecture that exploits commercial technologies and international standards in support of future NATO missions. This article discusses the NATO Post 2000 tactical communications architecture. The architecture and standards, when implemented by the NATO nations, will result in inherent interoperability among the Allies. The objective and background of the project, the envisioned Force structure that generated the command, control communications (C3) requirements, the architecture that has evolved to date, and the supporting technology are discussed. The architecture´s performance was modeled via simulation and some of the results are presented

Keywords

command and control systems; internetworking; military communication; telecommunication standards; NATO; NATO´s Project Group 6; command; commercial technologies; communications; control; international standards; interoperability; performance; simulation results; tactical communications architecture; tactical communications systems; Communication standards; Computer architecture; Information systems; Land use planning; Military communication; Personnel; Procurement; Shape; Standardization; Standards development;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.466229

Filename

466229