Common data link (CDL) interference model

Caramen Cerasoli; Wiley Zhao; John J. Santapietro; R. E. McAlinden; B. F. Smith; P. A. Jacyk

doi:10.1117/12.488299

30 July 2002 Common data link (CDL) interference model

Caramen Cerasoli, Wiley Zhao, John J. Santapietro, R. E. McAlinden, B. F. Smith, P. A. Jacyk

Proceedings Volume 4744, Radar Sensor Technology and Data Visualization; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.488299
Event: AeroSense 2002, 2002, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The increasing use of airwaves for military communication and surveillance and commercial applications places burdens on spectrum use. This crowding of the spectrum presents two broad problem categories. The first is "co-site interference" where numerous transmitters and receivers are physically located in a small area and share a given portion of the spectrum. Under these conditions, a receiver can be "victim" to a co-located transmitter. The second category involves numerous transmitters (typically airborne) well separated from each other but communicating to receivers placed in a relatively small area. The Common Data Link (CDL) refers to a standard protocol for military data delivery and communication. Surveillance platforms such as Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (TUAV), JSTARS, U2's, Global Hawks will stream high rate surveillance data (radar, visual and/or infrared imagery, etc.) down to ground terminals. As such, bandwidths are wide (100's MHz) and the potential exists for ground receivers to be victim to signals from airborne transmitters other than its desired source. MITRE has developed a CDL Interference Model to assess potential problems in realistic tactical surveillance scenarios. This paper documents the physical basis of the CDL Interference Model as well as the visualization software architecture that integrates the model with ModSAF/OneSAF.

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Caramen Cerasoli, Wiley Zhao, John J. Santapietro, R. E. McAlinden, B. F. Smith, and P. A. Jacyk "Common data link (CDL) interference model", Proc. SPIE 4744, Radar Sensor Technology and Data Visualization, (30 July 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.488299

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