Trunked land mobile radio in tactical applications

Author

Staba, Jay ; Binnion, Jim ; Craighill, Earl ; Hicks, Bob ; Seaton, Scott

Author_Institution

US Army CECOM, Fort Monmouth, NJ, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

2-5 Nov 1997

Firstpage

1288

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. After a 6 month study phase, the first commercial system to be evaluated was chosen. This system was a trunked land mobile radio system. The systematic evaluations quickly evolved into a less systematic field use of a C3 system in an advanced warfighting experiment (AWE). This paper describes the communication system, effort required experiences, lessons learned, problems and some of the data provided by the insertion of this radio system into two AWEs: Warrior Focus for the Army Infantry and then Hunter Warrior for the Marine Corps

Keywords

command and control systems; land mobile radio; military communication; Army Infantry; C2T2; C3 system; CECOM; Commercial Communications Technology Testbed; DARPA; Ericsson EDACS; Hunter Warrior; Marine Corps; Warrior Focus; advanced warfighting experiment; commercial communication systems; dismounted infantry; tactical applications; trunked land mobile radio; Base stations; Communication system control; Communications technology; Investments; Land mobile radio; Military communication; Military equipment; Mobile communication; Repeaters; 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.1997.644975

Filename

644975