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Bittium has introduced the Bittium TAC WIN Smart Link 360™ functionality to its Bittium TAC WIN Waveform™, enhancing extreme protection against jamming and improving performance for broadband tactical communications on the battlefield.
Smart Link 360 utilizes adaptive and fully automated directional antennas, rather than omnidirectional ones in wireless and mobile MANET (mobile ad hoc network) environments, while also expanding MANET functionality into link networks.
Bittium’s solution is powered by the TAC WIN routing algorithm. This strengthens network resilience through automatically directing antenna beams toward the optimal communication path and mitigating interference from other directions.
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The company’s Smart Link 360 allows electronic antenna beam steering across a full 360-degree range. This enables neighboring nodes in the network to be automatically identified, supporting fast and seamless link creation without operator intervention.
The solution also facilitates full mesh topology, a direct node-to-node connectivity that allows multiple transmission routes. It ensures mobility through dynamically tracking node movements, making Smart Link 360 suited for link networks and mobile nodes.
The Bittium TAC WIN Network Manager Tool™ gives operators real-time visualization of network topology as well as antenna beam orientation.
As part of the TAC WIN Waveform, and together with Bittium Tactical Wireless IP Network™ (TAC WIN) Radio Head III and IV units as well as Bittium Tough SDR Vehicular™ radios, Smart Link 360 reinforces the advanced capabilities of Bittium’s comprehensive tactical communications system.
Tommi Kangas, Senior Vice President, Defense and Security business segment at Bittium, stated, “The advanced TAC WIN Waveform, together with the new Smart Link 360 functionality, particularly supports the rapid operations of mobile forces, delivering significant performance advantages in command and control.
“A key benefit is the increased automation of the communications network, which is especially critical for unmanned vehicles. We have refined these capabilities in the European iMUGS program, which is developing next-generation unmanned systems for the battlefield. With Smart Link 360, we are addressing both current and future customer requirements.”
