As information technology advances, the need for distributed communications on the battlefield continues to grow. Moreover, NATO activities are multi-nation engagements, and necessitate communications between member countries and from the theater of operations back to command centers. The NATO IST-172 research task group is investigating non-satellite and non-high-frequency methodologies for beyond line-of-sight communications, creating links between disparate battlefield nodes. The study, which has yet to have conclusions and recommendations, is examining existing and emerging capabilities within the NATO member nations, and considering their applicability to six representative communications scenarios. Link budgets, ease of interoperability between member nations, frequency coordination considerations and existing radio hardware are all to be included in the analysis.

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机载超视距通信网络

随着信息技术的进步，战场上对分布式通信的需求不断增长。此外，北约的活动是多国参与，需要成员国之间以及从战区到指挥中心的通信。北约 IST-172 研究任务组正在研究用于超视距通信的非卫星和非高频方法，在不同的战场节点之间建立链接。这项尚未得出结论和建议的研究正在审查北约成员国现有和新兴的能力，并考虑它们对六种代表性通信场景的适用性。链接预算，便于成员国之间的互操作性，