Tactical Military Communication Networks of the Future .

M.S. Viswanathan

doi:10.14429/dsj.43.4218

M.S. Viswanathan Electronics and Radar Development Establishment, Bangalore.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.43.4218

Keywords: Command and control, Adaptive distributive routing, Network topology, Integrated services digital network, Encryption, Cellular radios

Abstract

Military communication has the added dimension of mobility and bandwidth conservation. The paper deals with the necessity of advanced concepts of communicating images. data and fax in addition to voice as dictated by the command and control requirements. The Integrated services digital network as applied to tactical network of the future is presented. The topics of routing, encryption, mobile access, digital links are briefly covered. The importance of standards of CCITT and contemporary techniques like B-ISDN, cellular radios are discussed. The relevance of network management and its main features are brought out.

Author Biography

M.S. Viswanathan, Electronics and Radar Development Establishment, Bangalore.

Mr. MS Viswanathan received his DMIT from Madras INstitute of Technology in 1961. He is the Head of the Communication Switching Division at LRDE, Bangelore. He is a recipient of NRDC award in 1977 and DRDOaward for the Design and Development of a switching equipment for Indian Army. Presently he is working on switching equipment for futuristic Defence communication network using ISDN Concept. He is a member of the Computer Society of India , the VLSI Society of India, and the Society of Electronic Engineers. His areas of interest are ISDN, B-ISDN, computer architecture, Parallel processing and VLSI design.