International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 27-30, 1997 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / This paper describes the status of the Edwards Digital Switch (EDS) [1] and the success of
the Digital Switch Sustainment Program (DSSP); a multi-service program aimed at cost-effective
means for providing maintenance and development of an advanced digital
switching system. This digital communications switching system is deployed at the mission
control centers of Edwards AFB, Eglin AFB, and China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center
(NAWC). Each system provides the test ranges with mission-critical voice
communications and Time Space Position Information (TSPI) switching. Through user-friendly
Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs), the switch provides exceptional resource
management of radios, telephones, user positions, secure communications, radars,
trackers, 4-wire Ear & Mouth (E&M) devices, subscriber services, and other equipment.
Developed using commercial equipment, such as the Lucent Technologies Digital Access
and Cross-Connect System (DACS) II, the digital switch can integrate and interface with
the technologies of other test ranges and customers.
The DSSP sustaining engineering contract, a $10M contract awarded in 1997, is a multi-service
effort in supporting cost effective maintenance and enhancement for the systems’
software and hardware. Eglin and China Lake have agreed to participate in a Digital
Switch Working Group (DSWG) to ensure that this configuration management is in place
and that all players follow the same system migration path. These ranges and other
interested ranges that agree to purchase systems off the contract and participate in the
working group will continue to derive benefits by reducing overhead and eliminating the
duplication of effort involved in separate endeavors.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/607578 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | Youssef, Ahmed H., McNamee, Stuart A., Bowman, Dalphana |
| Contributors | Edwards Air Force Base |
| Publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Proceedings |
| Rights | Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Relation | http://www.telemetry.org/ |
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