TACTICAL DIGITAL CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURES FOR MSE

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS TO RECOMMEND AN INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE FOR GROUND-BASED MILITARY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. THE ARCHITECTURE IS APPLICABLE TO THE MOBILE SUBSCRIBER EQUIPMENT (MSE) SYSTEM OF THE U.S. ARMY. THE INNNOVATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROPOSAL LIES IN TWO AREAS, NAMELY THE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE OF THE NETWORK AND THE LOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE NETWORK. THE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE OF THE NETWORK FOLLOWS THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CELLULAR RADIO TELEPHONE NETWORK. IN PARTICULAR THE CAPACITY COMPUTATION, THE CALL PROCESSING, THE CELL SIZES ETC. PROVIDE AMBLE GROWTH POTENTIAL IF THE NUMBER OF MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS GROWS. THE PROPOSAL POINTS OUT IMPORTANT AREAS WHERE COMMERCIAL CELLULAR TECHNOLOGIES ARE NOT APPLICABLE. THE LOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE NETWORK FOLLOWS THE ISDN (INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK) APPROACH. SPECIFICALLY THE PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE FLEXIBILITY OF ACCEPTING EITHER DATA OR VOICE SUBSCRIBERS. SPECIFIC RESEARCH AREAS ARE INDICATED TO SUPPORT BOTH VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATION, AND INTER& INTRA-SYSTEM DISTRIBUTION.