24-10-2012, 12:16 PM
Position Reporting in a Constrained Communications Capacity Environment
ABSTRACT
A fundamental of Network Centric Warfare is situational awareness. Situational awareness includes knowledge of own
force combat effectiveness, positions and intentions. The method of disseminating the knowledge of own force positions and
how current that information is are the subject of much discussion. The universal distribution of perfectly synchronised
position information over the land battlespace is likely to be impossible due to constraints in communications capacity. This
report considers the trade-offs between complexity of processing, communications capacity and accuracy of position
information. It draws on modelling efforts within Information Networks Division that may assist in considerations of a
trade-off study.