Soldier's Local Area Networking Terminal (SLANT): An Architecture and Acquisition Strategy for a Soldier's Radio. Phase 1

Abstract

This proposal addresses the development of a Soldier's Radio Architecture (SRA), intended to define the interface and transfer characteristics of modules at the ASIC level, circuit level, software level, and man-machine I/C level, and to encompass and support the ready and frequent insertion of technology-driven and/or mission-driven upgrades in a family of Soldier Radio products. The design and evolution of the SRA will be monitored and informed by a national working group of vendors and users to be formed in this program, and the SRA will be completely open architecture within which vendors may competitively insert proprietary modules. Military applications of the concepts and radio network architecture to be developed in the proposed work are as numerous and inclusive as the Army's applications for voice, video and data communication. Commercial applications will include rapid evolution of radio network systems such as police, fireman, emergency workers, commercial pilots and truckers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA284707

Entities

People

  • Oliver Edwards

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commercial Pilots
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Databases
  • Digital Communications
  • Local Area Networks
  • Military Applications
  • Mobile Phones
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Protocols
  • Radio Equipment
  • Wireless Communications

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Software Engineering