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A | A Canadian-developed tactical software-defined radio used by the U.S. Army, United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps, and a number other countries, the '''AN/GRC-245''', with the current version called the Enhanced High Capacity Line-of-Sight Radio (HCLOS), replaces the AN/GRC-226 radios in the AN|AN/TRC-190 family of transmission assemblages.<ref name=FY09-Army-CE>{{citation | ||
| url = http://www.asafm.army.mil/budget/fybm/FY09/pforms/opa2.pdf | | url = http://www.asafm.army.mil/budget/fybm/FY09/pforms/opa2.pdf | ||
| author = Department of the Army | | author = Department of the Army | ||
| title = Procurement Programs, Committee Staff Procurement Backup Book, Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Budget Estimates, Other Procurement, Army: Communications and Electronics Budget Activity 2 | | title = Procurement Programs, Committee Staff Procurement Backup Book, Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Budget Estimates, Other Procurement, Army: Communications and Electronics Budget Activity 2 | ||
| date = January 16, 2008}}</ref> It is part of the Area Common User System Modernization (ACUS-Mod) | | date = January 16, 2008}}</ref> It is part of the Area Common User System Modernization (ACUS-Mod) variation on the Warfighter Information Network–Tactical (WIN-T) and JNN architecture, more compatible with the restructuring of the United States Army. The equipment has been in U.S. Army service since 2000. It is backwards-compatible with the AN/GRC-226, used in the Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE). | ||
==Configuration== | |||
There are three major variants: | |||
*AN/GRC-245 Enhanced Software Communications Architecture (SCA) radio | |||
*AN/GRC-245 high power radio | |||
*AN/GRC-245 Band IV radio | |||
It operates in three freqency ranges: | |||
*225 to 400 MHz NATO Band I | |||
*1,350 to 2,690 MHz Band III+ | |||
*4,400 to 5,000 MHz Band IV; this is upgradable to support IEEE 802.16 WiMax long-range wireless LAN technology<ref name=Cell>{{citation | | |||
| title = http://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/CurrentIssue/dl.php?filename=200812092310001.pdf | |||
| journal = Asian Military Review | |||
| title = Cellular Reliance}}</ref>, which also can provide cellular telephony | |||
The initial version had 16 Mbps of bandwidth, growing to 34 Mbps in a Joint Tactical Radio System-compatible mode. | |||
==International use== | |||
It was developed by Canadian Communication Research Center (CRC) in concert with Ultra Electronics.<ref name=CaCRC>{{citation | |||
| date = June 2007 | |||
| title = CRC-developed SDR technology deployed in commercial radios: Ultra Electronics ships new radios enabled by CRC’s Software Communications Architecture | |||
| author = Communications Research Center, Industry Canada | |||
| url = http://www.crc.gc.ca/en/html/crc/home/research/satcom/rars/sdr/news_room/crc_ultra_electronics}}</ref> In addition, it is part of the UK Theatre Wide Communications Network in the Cormorant project, and the follow-on Falcon system. the AN/GRC-245 is also to be used by Taiwan. It has also been sold to India and Jordan. <ref name=Ultra-TCS>{{citation | |||
| url = http://www.ultra-tcs.ca/Home/News | |||
| title = Tactical Communications Systems | |||
| author = Ultra Electronics}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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A Canadian-developed tactical software-defined radio used by the U.S. Army, United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps, and a number other countries, the AN/GRC-245, with the current version called the Enhanced High Capacity Line-of-Sight Radio (HCLOS), replaces the AN/GRC-226 radios in the AN|AN/TRC-190 family of transmission assemblages.[1] It is part of the Area Common User System Modernization (ACUS-Mod) variation on the Warfighter Information Network–Tactical (WIN-T) and JNN architecture, more compatible with the restructuring of the United States Army. The equipment has been in U.S. Army service since 2000. It is backwards-compatible with the AN/GRC-226, used in the Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE). ConfigurationThere are three major variants:
It operates in three freqency ranges:
The initial version had 16 Mbps of bandwidth, growing to 34 Mbps in a Joint Tactical Radio System-compatible mode. International useIt was developed by Canadian Communication Research Center (CRC) in concert with Ultra Electronics.[3] In addition, it is part of the UK Theatre Wide Communications Network in the Cormorant project, and the follow-on Falcon system. the AN/GRC-245 is also to be used by Taiwan. It has also been sold to India and Jordan. [4] References
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