Communications Data Base (CDB). Phase 3 (with Software Documentation)

Abstract

The Communications Data Base (CDB) has been developed by the Signal Center (SIGCEN) to be used as an analytical tool supporting various studies and analysis applications, both auto-and manual. The CDB describes mission essential communications requirements for a set of organizations notionally comprising a US Theater in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) environment. Communications requirements are expressed in terms of needlines in the CDB. A needline is a set of related data elements describing a need to exchange information between two or more battlefield communicators. The Report's introduction discusses the reasons for developing the CDB and the data base's importance to Army tactical communications analysis. The background section describes earlier attempts to quantify tactical communications requirements and CDB strategies to overcome previous difficulties. Also included is an important discussion for the CDB and its relation to the Network Assessment Model (NAM) and the Operational Facilities (OPFAC) Data Base.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 30, 1989
Accession Number
ADA210540

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Battlefields
  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • Nato
  • Personnel Management
  • Simulations
  • Tactical Communications
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.