Implementation and field demonstration of PacketBLAST system for tactical communications

Alex Pidwerbetsky; Marc Beacken; Dennis Romain; Michael Girone

doi:10.1117/12.665520

12 May 2006 Implementation and field demonstration of PacketBLAST system for tactical communications

Alex Pidwerbetsky, Marc Beacken, Dennis Romain, Michael Girone

Proceedings Volume 6248, Wireless Sensing and Processing; 624803 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.665520
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2006, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Abstract

Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) wireless communications vastly expand the capacity and connectivity of communications for forces operating in challenging environments such as urban or forested terrain. A MIMO architecture called BLAST (Bell Laboratories Layered Space-Time) has been formulated to realize these capacities. We have developed a packet version of BLAST, called PacketBLAST, specifically to support high mobility, ad-hoc, tactical communications on the move in challenging environments. PacketBLAST offers a number of benefits to tactical communications. We have implemented a first-ever, end-to-end mobile, ad-hoc network (MANET) of PacketBLAST nodes and have successfully tested it in a number of field demonstrations.

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Alex Pidwerbetsky, Marc Beacken, Dennis Romain, and Michael Girone "Implementation and field demonstration of PacketBLAST system for tactical communications", Proc. SPIE 6248, Wireless Sensing and Processing, 624803 (12 May 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.665520

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