GRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR NAVAL TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT

THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF COMMUNICATIONS HAS BECOME AN INCREASINGLY COMPLEX AND FORMIDABLE TASK WITHIN THE NAVAL ELECTRONICS ENVIRONMENT. THE MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT COMMUNICATIONS CIRCUITS, THE GROWTH OF LOCAL AREA NETWORKS, THE NONSTATIC GEOGRAPHIC TOPOLOGY, AND MASS OF POSSIBLE DATA MAKE IT EXTREMELY HARD FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST TO IDENTIFY AND CORRECT COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS. THE INFORMATION MUST BE FILTERED TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF DATA TO CORRECTLY MONITOR AND SOLVE COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS. ULTIMATELY THIS INFORMATION MUST BE DISPLAYED TO THE SPECIALIST IN A USER FRIENDLY FORMAT TO INSURE RECOGNITION OF PROBLEMS/POSSIBLE PROBLEMS, TO FURTHER ANALYZE THE PROBLEM AND TO RECOMMEND OR PERFORM PREVENTATIVE MEASURES. GRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEMS USING MULTIPLE COLORS CAN PROVIDE THE BEST USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE.