Military Digital Microwave Transmission: Past, Present, Future.

Abstract

This project treats the transmission of information in digital form over Military, line of sight, microwave systems. A concise history of the development of PCM technology is presented as a foundation for a discussion of technical, political, and regulatory problems encountered when converting from a fully analog system and environment to first, a quasi-digital environment, and then to a future all digital environment. Interwoven, are the motives for digital microwave transmission, and the functional relationships and dependencies which occur between various regulatory bodies, the Military, and the industrial manufacturers of communications hardware. The Military's Test and Evaluation approach to the DCS system conversion problem is examined, as is the implementation of the Military's first digital system. The final chapter provides an overview and perspective of the actions taken and of the Military future digital systems capability. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA051789

Entities

People

  • John J. Soltis
  • Ronnie E. Brackett
  • Warren E. Carter

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Automatic Frequency Control
  • Commerce
  • Communication Systems
  • Communications Techniques
  • Digital Communications
  • Microwave Communications
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Radio Communications
  • Radio Equipment
  • Radio Frequency
  • Radio Transmission
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design