{"title":"Soldier's radio: innovative communication and networking technologies for the individual warrior","authors":"E. Kanterakis, J.A. Stroebele","doi":"10.1109/TCC.1994.472113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TCC.1994.472113","url":null,"abstract":"Research at InterDigital Communications Corp. on a distributed control wireless broadband-code division multiple access (B-CDMA) mobile multimedia cellular network (MMC-NET) using an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cell based architecture and connected to various backbone networks, such as ATM/SONET, is discussed. The main objective of the MMC-NET architecture is to provide secure, seamless, theater-wide, multimedia communications. Some attributes of this wireless B-CDMA based MMC-NET are: mobility, multimedia capabilities, distributed control, B-CDMA, security, scalability, interoperability, reconfigurability, LPI/LPJ, ability to work as part of the global grid system and capable in being incorporated into the synthetic theater of war (STW) mobile defense simulation internet (DSI). The design specifications of the network along with its interface to ATM/SONETs are based on the OSI model. Some system characteristics and strategies in meeting the above objectives are discussed.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":206310,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of TCC'94 - Tactical Communications Conference","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131472981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performance of direct-sequence spread-spectrum in a multipath fading environment with error control coding","authors":"T.D. Nebergail, W. Stark","doi":"10.1109/TCC.1994.472129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TCC.1994.472129","url":null,"abstract":"The performance of a coherent communication system using direct-sequence spread-spectrum in specular multipath fading is analyzed in terms of average probability of error. Approximations to such are based on the characteristic-function method. The probability mass function of the correlation receiver output is also derived with this approach. Numerical results on the error probability are presented for various multipath environments with channel coding.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":206310,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of TCC'94 - Tactical Communications Conference","volume":"588 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121975300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Serial and parallel demodulation trade-offs for QBL-MSK","authors":"D. Rasmussen, G. Davis","doi":"10.1109/TCC.1994.472128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TCC.1994.472128","url":null,"abstract":"The authors discuss quasi bandlimited MSK. Analytical and simulated BER performance results for both carrier phase and bit synchronization timing errors were determined for serial and parallel demodulation. For a nonlimited modulated signal and ideal demodulator (no carrier phase or timing error), a BER degradation of 0.41 dB with respect to MSK performance is achieved for both serial and parallel demodulators with the sub-optimum data filter. A limited modulation signal increases the BER degradation by no more than 0.2 dB for both demodulator architectures. Serial demodulation is shown to be less sensitive to carrier phase error, while parallel demodulation offers less sensitivity to timing error. For both carrier phase and timing errors, the serial demodulator will provide less BER degradation than the parallel, if the timing error is kept small. Serial demodulation using average zero crossing bit synchronization is shown to provide either the same or less than a 0.1 dB increase in BER degradation as compared to that obtained with maximum eye opening synchronization. This result is significant, since average zero crossing synchronization is easily implemented in hardware.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":206310,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of TCC'94 - Tactical Communications Conference","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121194666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rain outage modeling for tactical applications","authors":"F. Loso, K. H. Brockel, A. Vigants, W. Barnett","doi":"10.1109/TCC.1994.472097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TCC.1994.472097","url":null,"abstract":"The rain propagation-reliability forecasting method provided improves the planning of tactical communications networks by including expected rain-fall in the planning process. Forecasting has stimulated new approaches to network planning and management. Calendar-month performance engineering of SHF links in network planning has been made possible by the rain propagation-reliability forecasting method.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":206310,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of TCC'94 - Tactical Communications Conference","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121249380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ORBCOMM low Earth orbit mobile satellite communication system","authors":"T. Hara","doi":"10.1109/TCC.1994.472118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TCC.1994.472118","url":null,"abstract":"The ORBCOMM digital data communication and position determination system can provide the United States Armed Forces with two-way on-the move data messaging anywhere in the world. The ORBCOMM system uses a constellation of 36 small spacecraft in low-Earth orbit (LEO) instead of terrestrial fixed site relays or repeaters to provide worldwide geographic coverage. The subscriber communicators (user terminals) are lightweight and pocket-sized. They transmit and receive short digital burst packets, with inherent LPI/LPD.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":206310,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of TCC'94 - Tactical Communications Conference","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126555044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spread spectrum technology for the command post on the move","authors":"D. Schilling, F. Bruno","doi":"10.1109/TCC.1994.472119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TCC.1994.472119","url":null,"abstract":"Discusses the operating conditions for broadband CDMA cellular systems as they may be used for mobile command posts. The authors conclude that the mobile command post will permit communication of voice and data with no performance degradation as compared to a fixed command post.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":206310,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of TCC'94 - Tactical Communications Conference","volume":"33 32","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131776030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interference suppression using a COLT signal processor","authors":"K. Bobier, R. Dickerson","doi":"10.1109/TCC.1994.472123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TCC.1994.472123","url":null,"abstract":"COLT, or continuous look through, is a Xetron signal processing technique for the extraction of a weak signal of interest (SOI) in the presence of a larger interfering (I) signal. The process is successful even when the SOI is entirely contained within the spectral bandwidth of the interferer. In addition, unlike common phase cancellation techniques, COLT does not require a separate sample of the interferer. Extraction under these conditions is not achievable with standard linear frequency selective filter networks. The COLT processor therefore enables the excision of desired signals from jamming energy in real time. Successful extraction of the SOI will result even with the input SOI/I ratio as high as -80 dB. Limitations on COLT performance are imposed only by the dynamic range of the host system or propagation anomalies in the communication channel. This paper details COLT's extraction capabilities and provides performance data for various tactical communication applications.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":206310,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of TCC'94 - Tactical Communications Conference","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121154875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of performance measures for intercept detectors","authors":"R. Rifkin","doi":"10.1109/TCC.1994.472091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TCC.1994.472091","url":null,"abstract":"The performance of intercept detectors is generally analyzed using the Neyman-Pearson criterion, which evaluates the probability of detection, P/sub d/, as a function of input signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at a particular probability of false alarm, P/sub fa/. While the Neyman-Pearson criterion closely represents typical system requirements, it is often difficult to evaluate, and obscures important effects in tradeoff analyses. Consequently other performance measures, such as output SNR or the deflection, are often used instead. While the output SNR is useful for evaluating and optimizing a particular detector class, it may be inappropriate when applied to different detector classes. This paper examines the output SNR and probability of detection, for three intercept detectors: the radiometer, the chip rate detector, and the carrier harmonic detector (frequency doubler). The analysis makes the following assumptions: a direct-sequence pseudo-noise spread spectrum signal of interest additive stationary white Gaussian-distributed noise background with fixed known power (i.e., no noise power uncertainty) known power spectral density of the signal of interest input SNR much less than unity observation time much greater than the chip duration. The analysis highlights the danger of blindly evaluating detector performance solely by output SNR. Specific examples are identified in which the radiometer's performance, using the Neyman-Pearson criterion, is inferior to that of the cyclostationary feature detectors operating at equal output SNR for the decision variable.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":206310,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of TCC'94 - Tactical Communications Conference","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115765241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PLL settling time: phase vs. frequency","authors":"D. E. Phillips","doi":"10.1109/TCC.1994.472121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TCC.1994.472121","url":null,"abstract":"The tuning speed of frequency synthesizers is usually specified by either phase or frequency settling. The paper shows that in frequency hopping systems phase settling characteristics correspond to system performance better than frequency settling characteristics. Simulation results are compared to a mathematical analysis, and intuitive explanations are used to clarify this paradoxical relationship. Specific phase settling specifications are discussed.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":206310,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of TCC'94 - Tactical Communications Conference","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123302938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Managing the frequency resource today and tomorrow","authors":"P. Major","doi":"10.1109/TCC.1994.472107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TCC.1994.472107","url":null,"abstract":"Frequency-resource management is the judicious use of the electromagnetic spectrum to accomplish the mission or objective of the user with little or no impact on other users of the spectrum. One mission of military frequency management is to support command and control (C2), which is crucial to executing the operational plans of the commanders. Effective C2 is impossible without communications and successful communications cannot be achieved without proper frequency management. This paper does not discuss frequency-management tools in use today, but focuses on factors that must be considered to achieve proper frequency management. The army of the future must consider not just each radio, but the system into which the radio must fit. \"System\" refers not to the system of passing messages through a network, but of several radios in proximity, e.g., in mobile command posts (CPs). In such situations, radios designed for individual operations must work in a very dense cosite situation with other types of radios and other equipment such as computers, with radios in several bands together, and radios of various bandwidths.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":206310,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of TCC'94 - Tactical Communications Conference","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131635426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}