The rapid deployment digital satellite network

1 January 1992

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Communications Magazine

Vol. 30 (1) , 30-35
https://doi.org/10.1109/35.166646

Abstract

The ground mobile forces (GMF) satellite digital multichannel radio, which provided the US Marine Corps with the primary transmission links for its switched backbone during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, is discussed. Reliable and highly mobile, the multichannel terminals provided clear and consistent digital pipelines for the Marine Corps circuit switched network and were rapidly deployed on military HWMMV vehicles. The GMF multichannel radios use the defense satellite communication system (DSCS) II and III super-high-frequency (SHF) wideband satellites as retransmission platforms enabling them to be operated theater-wide with no limit on transmission link distance. The deployment and installation of GMF assets in support of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force during Desert Shield/Desert Storm, including the minimization of outage time due to Sun passage through the radio beam, are described.

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