Design of Telecommunication Network for Geographic Information Systems for the Appalachian Council of Governments: A Case Study

Abstract

The South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments (SCACOG) is a nonprofit organization located in Greenville. One of its many functions is to establish and maintain Geographic Information Systems. Due to the expected growth in the Greenville area following the opening of a new BMW plant, a method of sharing the area's geographic data is desired. The five buildings wishing to be interconnected are located within a three mile circle. This thesis is written as a public service to increase overall networking knowledge and to aid in the solving of an actual Information Resources problem. In doing so, several technologies were investigated that would suitably satisfy the SCACOG's connectivity requirements given a funding constraint. Infrared and microwave were discounted because of their costs and/or limited range. Spread spectrum and dedicated T-1 lines from the local phone company fell within the range and price constraints. Spread spectrum and TCP/IP, both originally developed for the military, were selected as the telecommunication service and file transfer product to fulfill the SCACOG's requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA273192

Entities

People

  • Carl W. Deputy

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Protocols
  • Case Studies
  • Communications Protocols
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Data Links
  • Data Transmission
  • Databases
  • Electronic Mail
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Local Area Networks
  • Network Protocols
  • Operating Systems

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  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computer Networking
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.