EXPERT COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCE MANAGER

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO INVESTIGATE NEW AUTOMATED METHODS OF SENSING, PLANNING, AND CONTROLLING THE USE OF RADIO FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS PARAMETERS OF SOPHISTICATED MILITARY AIRCRAT AT THE AIRCRAFT PLATFORM AND DATA LINK LEVELS, TO MAXIMIZE THE OVERALL QUALITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE INFORMATION TRANSMITTED AND RECEIVED. EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON METHODOLOGIES AND MEASUREMENT CRITERIA FOR REAL-TIME EVALUATION OF RF CHANNEL PERFORMANCE, SPECTRUM UTILIZATION, ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE ENVIRONMENT, AND EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION, AND FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF THESE FUNCTIONS UNDER PHYSICALCONDITIONS AND USER DEMANDS THAT VARY WITH TIME. THE INNOVATIVE AUTOMATED COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE PROPOSED FOR THIS PURPOSE EMPLOYS AN EXPERT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND CUSTOMIZED KNOWLEDGE BASES, ONE WHICH HOUSES A PRIORI INFORMATION ABOUT ON-BOARD AVIONICS AND PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS AND ANOTHER WHICH STORES DATA ACQUIRED FROM ON-LINE SENSING OF THE AIRCRAFT STATUS AND ENVIRON-MENT. SIMPLIFIED CHANNEL AND EMITTER SPECTRAL MODELS ARE CONSTRUCTED FROM GENERALIZED TEMPLATES, AND HEURISTIC PROCEDURES ARE DEVELOPED TO APPROXIMATE OPTIMUM CONTROL SOLUTIONS.