A postulated topographical architecture for the Defense Communications System of 2004
Abstract
General aspects of a design concept for the U.S. Defense Communications System in the year 2004 are proposed, with the aim of providing focus and direction to current development planning. The proposed system will be more widely distributed and more digital, and will use a greater variety of transmission media than the present DCS. The principal elements comprise integrated switching processors with nail-up, multirate, conferencing, video, and interoperability capabilities; integrated transmission processors capable of handling a survivability-oriented mix of media (full-term and DAMA satellite, line-of-sight microwave, tropospheric scatter and diffraction, cable, HF, LF, tactical, allied, and civil); and a flexible and diversified integrated control subsystem. Additional features include multiple numbering, universal time, standardization of digital switching and transmission, underground facilities, and sophisticated encryption and privacy technology.
- Publication:
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ICC 1982 - The Digital Revolution, Volume 1
- Pub Date:
- 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982icc.....1S...2M
- Keywords:
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- Communication Networks;
- Defense Communications System (Dcs);
- Digital Systems;
- Telecommunication;
- Adaptive Control;
- Computer Information Security;
- Switching;
- Systems Integration;
- Topography;
- Communications and Radar