The Local Digital Message Exchange: A Description and Analysis.
Abstract
Following a series of incidents in the late 1960's - including the PUEBLO, LIBERTY, and EC 121 - the ineffectiveness of the existing communications system became apparent. The call went out to 'get the people out of the system' by automating as many manual functions as possible. The Local Digital Message Exchange is one of the first systems designed to correct these problems which has become operational. The report describes the system architecture and the sequence of operating events involved in message processing under this system. Requirements are given which must be met in evaluating such a system. Two measures of effectiveness are proposed to evaluate the performance of the Local Digital Message Exchange. An additional effort is made to develop several evaluation techniques that could be helpful in developing follow-on systems to the Local Digital Message Exchange. The paper concludes with a brief summary and a discussion of two reports which have had a significant impact on military communications in the past two years. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0764492
Entities
People
- John David Price
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School