Accession Number:

ADA355965

Title:

Emerging Commercial Mobile Wireless Technology and Standards: Suitable for the Army?

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND ARROYO CENTER SANTA MONICA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Feldman, Phillip M.

Report Date:

1998-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

92.0

Abstract:

The primary objectives of this report were the following 1 to evaluate the suitability of commercial wireless technology products, services, waveforms and protocols, components, and standards for Army tactical applications, 2 to recommend areas where Army 6.16.2 research funding might yield solutions to wireless communications problems that are of particular concern for the military and thus unlikely to be addressed by industry-funded research, and 3 to explain the competing factors tradeoffs that must be weighed when selecting between alternative systems or technological solutions, and to suggest a general methodology for understanding these tradeoffs.

Descriptors:

• *COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
• *RESEARCH MANAGEMENT
• ARMY RESEARCH
• COMPARISON
• COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT
• COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS
• TRADE OFF ANALYSIS
• MULTIPLEXING
• FREQUENCY AGILITY

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Radio Communications
• Non-Radio Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE