AUTOMATED CURTS HF: REAL-TIME MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF HF SYSTEMS AND FREQUENCY RESOURCES.
Abstract
Extensive testing of the CURTS Phase II System has conclusively demonstrated that the CURTS hardware and software used by that system will have a significant impact--when used as described in the existing DCA CURTS plan--on the quality, reliability, availability, and cost effectiveness of the existing DCS HF plant. This report discusses the optimization of the proposed operational CURTS system (a system similar to the CURTS Phase II network) and the extension of that system (by frequency management software) to provide service to other DOD, to NCS, and to international users. The report answers a key question advanced in the second final report of this series: 'How much improvement will be brought from a given amount of management.' Further, it constitutes the study recommended in that report by detailing the method for achieving the maximation of both economic and military CURTS benefits. The current technical, managerial, and administrative problems of HF communications systems are described and are shown to limit the performance of the DCS (and other) HF systems to levels of reliability and quality that are significantly below actual system potential. With the evolution of the CURTS system, the economic value of the DOD HF system will increase, in terms of replacement systems, from a current annual value of $45 million to a final annual value of $118 million. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0668347
Entities
People
- J. L. Gnagy
- S. E. Probst
- T. I. Dayharsh
Organizations
- SRI International