TNF/S C3/D--TACNET: A Model of the Army's Tactical Communications Networks in Europe.
Abstract
TACNET is an event-by-event simulation model of the European Army Tactical Networks, as represented in the 1974 INTACS EAD Study. Network junctions, relay stations, and command posts are included in the model, and they can be degraded in different ways. Messages are generated according to a call scenario, and a route is determined from tables or by a wider search, with provisions for preemption of lower priority calls. Statistics are gathered on the number of calls that are completed, preempted, or blocked; on the elapsed time to complete a call; on the number of links per call; on the utilization of command post personnel and queues of messages; and so on. Also, a series of messages that represent traffic associated with nuclear release is generated and evaluated separately. A network loading run was used as a starting point for a series of almost 100 runs of a network with different degrees of degradation. Results from these runs were used to find relationship between equipment degradation and communications degradation for communications both to and from division headquarters and for nuclear release messages. These functions were used elsewhere to represent command, control, and communications degradation in the theater-level war-gaming model TACWAR, which is being used in TRADOC's Theater Nuclear Force Survivability (TNF/S) program evaluation. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA084130
Entities
People
- Egon Marx
Organizations
- Harry Diamond Laboratories