An Integrated Approach to Air Force Interpremise Networking

Abstract

The conventional Air Force interpremise communications approach involves dedicated, single media--voice or data--point-to-point communications links. However, the experiences of an increasing number of businesses point to a more efficient and effective approach for larger, heterogeneous networks like those in the AF. This approach, integrates different types of information into high capacity digital transmission lines and integrates automated network control. This study examines an integrated network architecture, shows how it would apply to one AF organization--Space Command. It concludes that integration could make AF networks more effective, responsive, coherent, and efficient.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA180500

Entities

People

  • Billy Jr G. Thomas

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Command And Control
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Data Processing
  • Digital Communications
  • Heterogeneous Networks
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Information Transfer
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Topology
  • Networks
  • Personal Computers
  • Standards
  • Transmission Lines

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Space