DARPA wants to build 100Gbps wireless military network

[ChrisSmolinski]

Defense researchers are looking to update the wireless platform currently used for military communications to deliver 100Gbps connections.

While fiber-optic cables provide the long-haul backbone for most data and voice communications networks without issue, radio signals often face electronic interference and degradation over long distances, resulting in reduced communications efficiency to soldiers in the field.

The current Common Data Link, the U.S. military's secure communications protocol created in 1991, operates at data rates of up to 274Mbps. To boost that speed, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is inviting input on creation of a new wireless communications platform that would match the weight and power of the current CDL.

The goal is to utilize airborne assets to provide high-capacity data streaming over 100 kilometers for air-to ground links and 200km for air-to-air links, the agency said today.

Full article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57559693-94/darpa-wants-to-build-100gbps-wireless-military-network/

[cmradio]

Maybe they should just buy some LTE from the private sector

Peace!