Reference document

Org
NATO
Pubnum
AComP-4290 Ed A Ver 2
Date
2019-10-16
Version
(A)(2)
Title
Standard for optical connector medium-rate and high-rate military tactical link

Applicability

This Standard is one of a series, which, when taken together, specify all the technical characteristics, parameters and procedures necessary for two NATO tactical, digital communication systems (networks) to interconnect and exchange traffic via a gateway and/or interoperability points.

The aim of this standard is to define the physical connector for use with fiber optical transmission for

  • Medium-Rate Military Tactical Link - Optical interface for medium-rate Military Tactical interconnection (Annex A). The medium-rate optical interface is for use in legacy system according to older editions of this Standard or under SLA (Service Level Agreements) between nations. This covers the optical cable, connector, transmission codes, frame alignment, engineering order-wire transmission and cable link performance monitoring.
  • High-Rate Military Tactical Link - Optical interface for high-rate Military Tactical interconnection (Annex B). The high-rate optical interface is for use in high-rate military connection (Annex B) This covers the optical connector and a variety of optical fiber, the choice of which, depends on the application of the link.

Responsible Party

Name
DPC CaP1 Network and Security Capability Team

Status

URI
https://nso.nato.int/nso/nsdd/main/standards/ap-details/2982/EN

History

Flag Date RFC Version
added 2019-11-29 13
UUID
79930c5b-5604-4469-a6d2-bad263991bb1

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