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Tactical wireless communications and networks : design concepts and challenges /

Providing a complete description of modern tactical military communications and networks technology, this book systematically compares tactical military communications techniques with their commercial equivalents, pointing out similarities and differences. In particular it examines each layer of the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elmasry, George F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Tactical Wireless Communications and Networks; Contents; About the Author; Foreword; Preface; List of Acronyms; Part I Theoretical Basis; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 The OSI Model; 1.2 From Network Layer to IP Layer; 1.3 Pitfall of the OSI Model; 1.4 Tactical Networks Layers; 1.5 Historical Perspective; Bibliography; Chapter 2 The Physical Layer; 2.1 Modulation; 2.1.1 Signal-in-Space (SiS); 2.2 Signal Detection; 2.2.1 Signal Detection in Two-Dimensional Space; 2.2.2 Multidimensional Constellations for AWGN; 2.3 Non-Coherent Demodulation; 2.4 Signal Fading; 2.5 Power Spectrum.
  • 2.6 Spread Spectrum Modulation2.6.1 Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum; 2.6.2 Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum; 2.7 Concluding Remarks; 2.7.1 What Happens Before Modulation and After Demodulation?; 2.7.2 Historical Perspective; Bibliography; Chapter 3 The DLL and Information Theory in Tactical Networks; 3.1 Information Theory and Channel Capacity; 3.1.1 Uncertainty and Information; 3.1.2 Entropy; 3.1.3 Coding for a Discrete Memoryless Source; 3.1.4 Mutual Information and Discrete Channels; 3.1.5 The Binary Symmetric Channel (BSC) Model; 3.1.6 Capacity of a Discrete Channel.
  • 3.2 Channel Coding, Error Detection, and Error Correction3.2.1 Hamming Distance and Probability of Bit Error in Channel Coding; 3.2.2 Overview of Linear Block Codes; 3.2.3 Convolutional Codes; 3.2.4 Concatenated Coding and Interleaving; 3.2.5 Network Coding versus Transport Layer Packet Erasure Coding; 3.3 Concluding Remarks; 3.3.1 The Role of Information Theory and Coding in Tactical Wireless Communications and Networking; 3.3.2 Historical Perspective; Appendix 3.A: Using RS Code in Tactical Networks Transport Layer; 3.A.1 The Utilized RS Code; 3.A.2 Packet Erasure Analysis.
  • 3.A.3 Imposed Tactical RequirementsBibliography; Chapter 4 MAC and Network Layers in Tactical Networks; 4.1 MAC Layer and Multiple Access Techniques; 4.2 Queuing Theory; 4.2.1 Statistical Multiplexing of Packets; 4.2.2 Queuing Models; 4.3 Concluding Remarks; 4.3.1 How Congestion Happens in Tactical Wireless Networks; 4.3.2 Historical Perspective; 4.3.3 Remarks Regarding the First Part of the Book; Bibliography; Part II The Evolution of Tactical Radios; Chapter 5 Non-IP Tactical Radios and the Move toward IP; 5.1 Multistep Evolution to the Global Information Grid; 5.2 Link-16 Waveform.
  • 5.2.1 Link-16 Messages5.2.2 Link Layer Operations of Link-16; 5.2.3 JTIDS/LINK-16 Modulation and Coding; 5.2.4 Enhancements to Link-16; 5.2.5 Concluding Remarks on Link-16 Waveform; 5.3 EPLRS Waveform; 5.4 SINCGARS Waveform; 5.5 Tactical Internet (TI); 5.6 IP Gateways; 5.6.1 Throughput Efficiency; 5.6.2 End-to-End Packet Loss; 5.7 Concluding Remarks; 5.7.1 What Comes after the GIG?; 5.7.2 Historical Perspective; Bibliography; Chapter 6 IP-Based Tactical Waveforms and the GIG; 6.1 Tactical GIG Notional Architecture; 6.2 Tactical GIG Waveforms; 6.2.1 Wide-Area Network Waveform (WNW).