Modular C3 Interface Analysis (Flexible Intraconnect). Volume 1, Part 1

This report documents the preliminary design for a high capacity wide-band general purpose data/communications busing system. The bus, called a 'Flexible Intraconnect,' (FI) will be used to achieve modularity in the design, implementation and deployment of command, control and communications (C3) centers of the Tactical Air Force (TAF). FI design requirements were established by estimates of traffic loads for current and future (through 1980) configurations of Tactical Air Control System (TACS) C3 centers of the TAF. Surveys of data distribution system architectures, current and developing technologies, and device interfaces are provided. A design of a Flexible Intraconnect having high transmission rate and capacity, positive flow control and configuration flexibility is described. A standardized interface for physical and functional device to bus access is described. Description of the major functional elements of the FI are provided along with top level block diagnosis. The design was analyzed and preliminary estimates of error performance, reliability, capacity and response times were developed. See also Volume 1, Part 2, ADB049383.