A Computer Simulation Analysis of Conventional and Trunked Land Mobile Radio Systems at Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Abstract
Trunked land mobile radio systems, currently being developed by several companies, allow many groups of land mobile radio (LMR) users to share a set of channels dynamically, reducing the total number of channels needed to support these groups. These systems also support 'dynamic regrouping', reassigning individual users to different groups through software in the controlling computer. Hybrid trunked systems (HTSs) have the added advantage of being able, in the event of controlling system failure, to default to certain channels, adding a degree of robustness to the system. HTSs seem to be an answer to many of the Air Force's intra-base communications needs. These needs include the ability to support an ever increasing number of users with a minimal increase in allocated channels, a very high level of system reliability under extremely adverse conditions, and an ability to manage users under a variety of contingencies (base attack, aircraft crash, etc.) In order to determine the number of channels a HTS will require for a specific facility, information about traffic loading, and how the system reacts to it, it needed. Theses.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA202668
Entities
People
- Thomas C. Farrell
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology