DSO

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Transforming Spectrum Management to Support
Global Net-Centric Operations and
Warfare LandWarNet 2007
Paige Atkins, Director Defense
Spectrum Organization 703-325-2763 (DSN
221)
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Defense Spectrum Environment
Integrated space, air and ground systems
Integrated decision- making
Operational superiority
Spectrum enables net-centric operations and
warfare
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DoD Spectrum Challenges
OPERATIONAL Net-centric operations, more joint
operations

• Net-Centric Warfare
• Higher bandwidths
• Greater mobility
• Greater agility
• Higher tempo

TECHNICAL Four decades of rapid wireless
technology development.

• The need to access
• more spectrum
• Encroachment on
• military bands

• Turbo Codes
• 2G
• IMT-2000
• MIMO
• IEEE 802.11

• Fiber
• TCP/IP
• OFDM
• Adaptive Equalizers

• Cellular Deployment
• Trellis Code Modulation

• Satellite Comms
• Conv. Codes
• Trunked Radio
• Laser

Wireless Comms Emerges
Telegraph
Telephone
Broadcast
1844
1876
1900
1920
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
REGULATORY Increased need for more spectrum,
harmonization,

• Demands for sharing and
• harmonization
• Host nation sovereignty
• World Radiocommunication
• Conference (WRC) impact

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Spectrum Management Transformation
Cognitive Self-synching Spectrum Use
Vision Global Spectrum Access for US and Allied
Operations
Spectrum Planning
EMC/EMI Analysis
Transition Architecture 3
JDAWS
GIG
Bandwidth on Demand
Transition Architecture 2
Baseline Architecture
Transition Architecture 1
Net-centric Spectrum Mgt / Shared Situational
Awareness
Limited Adaptive SM /Situational Awareness
SM Web Services
Standardized/Shared Data Web Applications /
Initial Web Services
Stove-piped Systems Disparate Databases
Man-in-the-Loop
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