Communication for Command and Control Systems

PrefaceChapter 1 Command and Control Systems 1.1 System Definition 1.2 System Description 1.3 System Interoperability and Interaction 1.4 The Command Supervisory Post 1.5 The Human Position in the Command and Control System 1.6 Computers for Command and Control Systems 1.7 Computers in Command and Control Systems 1.8 The Function of Communication in C2 Systems 1.9 Communication Design Consideration in C2 Systems 1.10 System Reliability Consideration 1.11 Example of C2 System Application 1.12 ReferencesChapter 2 Data Acquisition and Coding 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Analog Data Acquisition 2.3 Modulation and Multiplexing 2.4 Quantizing and Digital Encoding 2.5 Analog-to-Digital Converters 2.6 Analog Data Compression 2.7 Digital Code Formats 2.8 Binary Pulse Format 2.9 Digital Data Acquisition 2.10 ReferencesChapter 3 Data Communication 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Problems of Moving Data 3.3 Data Transmission Modulation 3.4 Communication Signal Reception Evaluations 3.5 Communication Signal Shape Consideration 3.6 Communication Modulation System Evaluation 3.7 Data Transmission Demodulation 3.8 Compensation for Communication Distortion 3.9 Compensating for Communication Impulse Noise 3.10 Synchronization Considerations 3.11 Communication Channel Fault Diagnostics 3.12 Concluding Remarks 3.13 ReferencesChapter 4 Data Communication Networks 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Transmission Media 4.3 Transmission Facilities 4.4 Transmission Mode 4.5 Shared Communication Facilities 4.6 Multiplexing Network Configuration 4.7 Multiple-Access Network Operation 4.8 Communication Switching Centers 4.9 Network Configuration Complexes 4.10 Integrated Communication Network Hierarchies 4.11 Network Time Delay Constraints 4.12 Network Synchronization Considerations 4.13 Network Management Considerations 4.14 Network Standards Considerations 4.15 ReferencesChapter 5 Data Communication Conveyances 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Common Carrier Conveyances 5.3 Local Physical Wire Transmission 5.4 Carrier (Physical) Transmission 5.5 Radio Transmission 5.6 Disturbances Affecting Radio Communications 5.7 Radio Transmission Propagation 5.8 Local Area Radio Communication 5.9 Point-to-Point Line of Sight Radio Communication 5.10 Satellite Communication Conveyance 5.11 Wide Area Satellite Communication 5.12 Optical Communication Conveyance 5.13 ReferencesChapter 6 Digital Modulation 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Amplitude Modulation (AM) 6.3 Frequency Modulation (FM) 6.4 Duobinary FSK 6.5 Phase Modulation (PM) 6.6 Quadrature Amplitude Shift Keying (QASK) 6.7 Multi-Phase Shift Keying (MPSK)286 6.8 Multiple Amplitude and Phase Shift Keying 6.9 New Modulation Techniques for Radio Communication 6.10 Minimum (Frequency) Shift Keying (MSK) 6.11 MSK as a Special Form of Continuous Phase FSK 6.12 MSK as a Special Form of Offset QPSK 6.13 Multi-Amplitude Minimum (Frequency) Shift Keying 6.14 Coherent Detection of MSK Signals 6.15 Improving Spectrum Occupancy 6.16 ReferencesChapter 7 Communication Concentration 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Frequency Division Multiplexing FDM) 7.3 Phase Division Multiplexing (PDM) 7.4 Synchronous Time Division Multiplexing (STDM) 7.5 STDM Operation versus FDM Operation 7.6 STDM versus Simultaneous Multiplexing Operation 7.7 Space Division Multiplexing (SDM) 7.8 Store and Forward Concentrators 7.9 Concentration versus Multiplexors 7.10 Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing (ATDM) 7.11 Statistical and Intelligent Multiplexing 7.12 Programmable Concentrators 7.13 Roll-Call Polling 7.14 Random Time Division Multiplexing (RTDM) 7.15 Loop Transmission Operation 7.16 ReferencesChapter 8 Communication Switching Centers 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Circuit Switching 8.3 Digital Circuit Switching 8.4 Message Switching 8.5 Message Switching versus Concentration, Circuit Switching and Loop Transmission 8.6 Distributed Message Switching Networks 8.7 Packet Switching Concept 8.8 Packet Switching versus Message Switching 8.9 Packet Switching Node Operation 8.10 Flow Control in Packet-Switching Networks 8.11 ReferencesChapter 9 Multiple Access Procedures 9.1 Introduction 9.2 The Importance of the Procedures 9.3 Fixed Time Division Multiple Access (F-TDMA) 9.4 Asynchronous Time Division Multiple Access (A-TDMA) 9.5 Adaptive Time Division Multiple Access (AD-TDMA) 9.6 Frame Address Time Division Multiple Access (FA-TDMA) 9.7 Reservation Time Division Multiple Access (R-TDMA) 9.8 Discrete Time Division Multiple Access (D-TDMA) 9.9 The ALOHA Schemes 9. 10 Adaptive ALOHA 9.11 Reservation ALOHA 9.12 FIFO ALOHA 9.13 Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) 9. 14 Listen before Transmission Multiple Access (LBTMA) 9.15 Conflict Free Multiple Access (CFMA) 9.16 Split Channel Multiple Access (SCMA) 9.17 String Polling Multiple Access (SPMA) 9.18 Listen While Transmission Multiple Access (LWTMA) 9.19 Busy Tone Multiple Access (BTMA) 9.20 Split-Channel Reservation Multiple Access (SRMA) 9.21 Concluding Comments 9.22 ReferencesChapter 10 Simultaneous Multiple-Access Transmission 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Spread Spectrum Principles 10.3 Phase Coded Spread Spectrum 10.4 Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum 10.5 Detection of the Spread Spectrum Signal 10.6 Correlation Theory 10.7 Principles of Pseudo-Random Sequences 10.8 Synchronization of Spread Spectrum Receiver with the Transmitter 10.9 Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 10.10 Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) 10.11 Frequency Hopping Multiple Access (FHMA) 10.12 Concluding Remarks 10.13 ReferencesAbbreviation IndexSubject Index