A vision of network-centric military communications

Ross Conklin Jr.; Jack Burbank; Robert Nichols Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.603749

26 May 2005 A vision of network-centric military communications

Ross Conklin Jr., Jack Burbank, Robert Nichols Jr.

Proceedings Volume 5820, Defense Transformation and Network-Centric Systems; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.603749
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

This paper presents a vision for a future capability-based military communications system that considers user requirements. Historically, the military has developed and fielded many specialized communications systems. While these systems solved immediate communications problems, they were not designed to operate with other systems. As information has become more important to the execution of war, the "stove-pipe" nature of the communications systems deployed by the military is no longer acceptable. Realizing this, the military has begun the transformation of communications to a network-centric communications paradigm. However, the specialized communications systems were developed in response to the widely varying environments related to military communications. These environments, and the necessity for effective communications within these environments, do not disappear under the network-centric paradigm. In fact, network-centric communications allows for one message to cross many of these environments by transiting multiple networks. The military would also like one communications approach that is capable of working well in multiple environments. This paper presents preliminary work on the creation of a framework that allows for a reconfigurable device that is capable of adapting to the physical and network environments. The framework returns to the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) architecture with the addition of a standardized intra-layer control interface for control information exchange, a standardized data interface and a proposed device architecture based on the software radio.

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Ross Conklin Jr., Jack Burbank, and Robert Nichols Jr. "A vision of network-centric military communications", Proc. SPIE 5820, Defense Transformation and Network-Centric Systems, (26 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.603749

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