| Article ID: | iaor20023639 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 7 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 57 |
| End Page Number: | 68 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2002 |
| Journal: | Military Operations Research |
| Authors: | Osmundson John S., Arp Lance T., Parker Mike A., Stewart Kevin J., Kemple William G. |
| Keywords: | communications |
The recent Extended Littoral Battlespace (ELB) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) showed the feasibility of using wireless local area network (WaveLAN) technology for battlefield C4ISR. This paper reports the findings of a simulation, developed for the USMC, that modeled an extension to the ELB WaveLAN communications architecture to determine whether the technology could be applied to a Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), covering a 200 × 200 mile tactical battlespace. Results show that MEB operational requirements can be met by existing WaveLAN technology, using either conventional communications relays or an all WaveLAN architecture.