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• ELF communications - Why is it needed?

• GTE - Who are we?

• ELF communications - An overview

• Key features of an ELF system

e Typical ELF transmission system concepts

• Planning for an ELF capability

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LF Communication for Improved

3 is Needea NO\N

• Increasingly complex threat environments and effective surveillance employed by enemy forces establishes urgent need for a secure transmission system to provide one-way C3 capability to the forces without compromising detection

• ELF communications can survive the link degradation resulting from ECM and disruption by nuclear effects on the propagation path to establish or reconstitute C3 capability with hardened force command centers and remote survivable weaponry where all other means have been neutralized or destroyed

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ornrnunication to

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• Submarines are an essential element of national defense and vital to deterrence of nuclear war

• Dependable command communication is essential if submarines are to be effectively utilized for ASW, antishipping or as missile platforms

• Non-ELF communication techniques require an antenna above or near the ocean surface, and thereby compromise a submarine's most important asset- its ability to remain hidden

• A submarine whose position is known at the onset of hostilities may be effectively neutralized

• A submarine that can be neutralized does not contribute to deterrence of a conflict

• ELF communications allows command reception by submarines while they remain deeply submerged, undetected and invulnerable

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Application

Submarine C3

Mine Field Remote Control

Force Command Center c3

Enduring C3

(Transportable ELF Transmi� sion Systems)

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TE's ole in ornrnunication

• Developed ELF communications for the U. S. Navy

• Produced receivers installed on U. S. submarines

• Operates transmitter facility in U. S.

• Demonstrated message reception at depth and speed in the Mediterranean, Arctic, Western Pacific, North and South Atlantic

• Is able to provide U. S. Allies with a similar ELF submarine or landbased command and control communication capability

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GT ontracts for ELF

o�n�nunications

• 1973 - System design of nuclear survivable ELF transmitters and submarine receivers for Project Sanguine

• 1974- Operate and maintain ELF transmitter test facility

• 1974- Design, develop and field ELF Propagation Validation System (PVS)

• 15 Receivers and transmitter modulators

• 1974 - ELF Design Validation for Project Seafarer (DV)

+ Site surveys, environmental impact assessment, preliminary design for 2400-mile antenna, five transmitter sites, and sophisticated rece1ver

• 1981 - Continuation of PVS and DV contracts

• 1982 - Design and development for full-scale system

• Two transmitter sites and 20 receivers

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GENERAL TELEPHONE & ELECTRONICS

CORPORATION

• Annual sales and revenues, 9.9 billion

• 227,000 employees

• Ninth largest USA company

• Operations in 41 states and 16 countries

• Creatively develops and utilizes new technology

• A world-wide leader in communication products, systems, and services

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I COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTS- JAPAN

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PRESIDENT

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ELECTRIC

J. M. KIRKER

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GTE INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS

J. C. AVALLON R. J. GRESSENS

PRESIDENT PRESIDENT

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GTE LENKURT MID EAST GROUP

M. X. GARVEY A. CARDARELLI PRESIDENT SR. V. P.

I I SYLVANIA TRAINING STRATEGIC

OPERATION SYSTEMS DIVISION

A. DER MARDEROSIAN R. R. FIDLER

V. P. & G. M. V. P. & G. M.

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GENERAL TELEPHONE & ELECTRONICS

T. F. BROPHY

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OFFICER

GENERAL TELEPHONE GENERAL TELEPHONE & ELEaRONICS LABORATORIES

T. A. VANDERSLICE D. 0. KISER PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

I GTE COMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE

GTE TELENET PRODUCTS OPERATIONS

A. L RAYFIELD J. L. JOHNSON J.D. HANN

GROUP PRESIDENT PRESIDENT PRESIDENT

I I SYLVANIA LATIN AMERICA- GTE BUSINESS

SYSTEMS GROUP FAR EAST GROUP COMMUNICATION GTE MICROCIRCUITS

H. E. PATTERSON SYSTEMS

D. 0. WOLKINS W. H. HEFLIN SR. V. P. SR. V. P. & G. M.

J. E. DONNELLY PRESIDENT

PRESIDENT

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SYSTEMS DIVISION DIVISION SYSTEMS CORP.

F. A. GICCA C. G. FIESTER G. H. SACRA

V. P. & G. M. V. P. & G. M. PRESIDENT 159-82 REV, 8/82

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CSD Skills

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CSD Systems Experience

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• Digital data systems

• Secure voice arrangements

• Custom-designed systems

• Maintenance operations and training • Special station arrangement

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• Architectural studies

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TECHNICAL SPECIAL TIES

• Communication systems analysis and design

• Radio equipment design, HF modems, signal processing equipments, COMSEC equipment

• Transmission systems design, antenna design, site surveys, antenna and tower erection

• Computer analysis, programming, digital data terminals

• Facilities design, power systems, security systems

• Training, installation support, site administration and logistics support

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Key Features of ELF

Cotnrnunication

• Penetrates sea water, ice and the earth

• Allows continuous communication reception by submarines at depth, and to hardened force command centers

• Assures submarines will remain undetected and invulnerable

• Maintains submarine's condition of readiness for mission response

• Provides near global coverage from a single transmitter site

• Can be crypto-secure and jam protected

• Is fully within current state-of-the-art

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ELF COMMUNICATIONS

APPROACH

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FREQUENCY

• ELF SIGNALS PROPAGATE WITH VERY LITTLE ATTENUATION, e.g., PATH LOSS OF 1 dB PER 1000 km AT 100Hz

• ELF SIGNALS PENETRATE USEFUL DISTANCES DOWN INTO THE OCEAN, e.g., 0.09 dB/FT AT 75 Hz

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ELF Transmitting Antenna

• A practical transmitting antenna for ELF consists of:

+ A long horizontal cable

+ Cable may be above, on or below the surface of the earth + Antenna must be grounded at each end + Antenna normally powered at or near its center

• The transmitting antenna excites electromagnetic waves in the spherical cavity bounded by the ionosphere and the surface of the earth

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• If perpendicular lines are installed and the antenna currents suitably phased, the antenna pattern can be steered

• Attenuation rate of ELF propagation is on the order of 1 dB per 1 000 km of path length at 1 00 Hz

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+ Desirable to locate in relatively high conductivity surface layers + Wire size determined by mechanical handling and strength + Easy access to wire after burial + Large area to survey for conformance to safety requirements + Vertical rods

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RECEIVER GENERAL DESCRIPTION

• MSK modulated waveforms represent message chips

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• The signal is digitized after filtering and AGC

• Receiver computer program performs signal processing to recover the original ELF message

• Decoded messages are provided to the operator

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• Receiver segment is chip and keystream synchronized with the MIS/TS through the use of highly stable time and frequency standards located at each site

• Message synchronization between the MIS/TS and receiver is achieved through the definition and adherence to predefined times at which the end of the first block of any message will terminate

• The receiver and transmitter operates at Rc chips per second to provide noise and jam protection

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Antenna Requirements for

Moderate Systems

System Short Range System Features 400 km

Application: • Reconstitute command center C3 connectivity in trans- and post-attack envi-ronment

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Coverage area: 400 km dipole pattern

Antenna length: 12 km line

Transmitter power: One 10 kw P.A.

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• Data rate: 1/2 bit per minute (1 0 bits in 20 minutes)

• Receiving antenna • Performance similar to 300m electrode spacing (600m total length)

trailing wire submarine antenna towed at 10 knots (5.1 m/s) at 1OOm depth

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• Antenna length: 20 km (plus ground assemblies)

• Site effective conductivity: 5x1 0- 4Sfm

• Antenna cable: 1 os circular mils (25.4mm effective diameter) aluminum

• Terminal grounds: 1.5 n each (two per antenna line)

• One antenna line

• Coverage will not be omniazimuthal unless two orthogonal lines are used

• Double ELF power for two lines

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For ELF Communications

Application Force Elements Basing Location Major Improvements

1. Submarine • SSBNs Undersea • Improved S&V communica- • SSNs • Resistance to jamming and tions • SSGs nuclear effects

• SSs • ASW detection • Surveillance vehicles • Covert operation flexibility

• Maintain station depth and speed

2. Undersea • Mines Undersea • Establish C2 where none oth-weapons C2 • Captor mines erwise existed

• Flexibility in mine deployment • Recovery

3. Land based • Missile CPs Underground • Reconstitute C3 during severe weapons C3 • Command and control ECM and nuclear stressed en-

centers vironment • Mine fields • Mine field C2 and recovery • Tactical fusion cen- • Improved mission planning C31

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4. Survivable/ • Land mobile transmit- Land, sea • Establish or reconstitute C3 transportable ter post attack ELF transmit- • Shipboard transmitter • Resistant to jamming and nu-ters to sup- clear effects port enduring C3

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Planning an ELF Program

• Establish requirements for ELF utilization in defense planning

• Perform an ELF site optimization study to determine the following planning objectives:

1. Determination of a site location for an ELF transmitting antenna

2. Size the transmission system and define requirements for the transmitter, antenna, grounds, and receiver

3. Develop construction and implementation plans for the initial and final operating capability

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GIVEN INPUTS e UTILITY/TELEPHONE MAPS

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PERF. REQMTS. PERFORMANCE EVAL.

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REPORT

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INSTALLATION PLAN

e SYSTEM SIZING REPORT

• MITIGATION STUDY REPORT

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Task Development

TASK 1

PERFORM SITE SURVEY

INPUTS

o GEOLOGIC MAPS

o MAPS OF TERRAIN

• MAPS OF NATIONAL GRID

o GROUND CONDUCTIVITY DATA

SUBTASKS

• DEVELOP PRELIMINARY SITING PARAMETERS

• PERFORM CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS

• SELECT CANDIDATE EX. SITES

• PERFORM ANTENNA SYSTEM

REQUIREMENTS ANALYSES

• CONDUCT ANTENNA AND GROUND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

• DEVELOP BEDROCK GEOLOGICAL DATA

• DEVELOP SURFICIAL GEOLOGICAL LAND USE AND SOILS DATA

• DEVELOP ANTENNA CONSTRUCTION AND

INSTALLATION PLAN

PRODUCTS

• RECOMMENDED FULL SCALE ELF

ANTENNA SYSTEM LOCATION

• RECOMMENDED EXPERIMENTAL ANTENNA SYSTEM LOCATION

• GEOGRAPHICAL DATA

• CONDUCTIVITY DATA

• ANTENNA INSTALLATION PLAN

OUTPUT

• TECHNICAL REPORT

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TASK2

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION

INPUTS

• ANTENNA LOCATIONS

• COMMUNICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

• CONDUCTIVITY

• GEOGRAPHICAL DATA

SUBTASKS

• DEVELOP SYSTEM PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

o DEVELOP TRANSMITTER

REQUIREMENTS

• DEVELOP ANTENNA REQUIREMENTS

• DEVELOP ANTENNA GROUND

REQUIREMENTS

• DEVELOP TEST REQUIREMENTS

PRODUCTS

o COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DEFINITION

• MODULATION, CODING AND MESSAGE FORMATS

o TRANSMITTER, ANTENNA AND GROUND DESIGN

' • POWER REQUIREMENTS

I o SITE SELECTION I

I OUTPUT

I I o TECHNICAL REPORT I

o BRIEFING

TASK3

CONDUCT MITIGATION STUDIES

INPUTS

o MAPS OF POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

• COMMUNICATIONS CHARACTERISTICS

• MAPS OF TELEPHONE NETWORK

SUBTASKS

o DEFINE MITIGATION THRESHOLDS

• DEFINE POWER SYSTEM MITIGATION CONTOURS

• DEFINE TELEPHONE SYSTEM MITIGATION CONTOURS

• DEFINE TELEPHONE AND POWER SYSTEM TECHNIQUES

o DEFINE SPECIFIC CUSTOMER MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS

PRODUCTS

• MITIGATION TECHNIQUES

• MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS

• COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR

MITIGATION PREDICTION

• DESIGN GUIDELINES

OUTPUT

• TECHNICAL REPORT

• BRIEFING

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DEVELOP

PRELIMINARY

SITING PARAMETERS FROM:

• GEOLOGY MAPS

• ROCK TYPE CHARACTERIZATION

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• EXISTING a DATA

• GOVERNMENT OWNED LAND MAPS

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PERFORM

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ANTENNA SYSTEM

REQUIREMENTS

ANALYSIS

DEVELOP SELECT

AREA FULL

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SELECT

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SITE IF

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PERFORMANCE

ANALYSIS

• ANTENNA SIZING 1--• TERMINAL GROUNDS

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ANTENNA SYSTEMS

AND DESIGN 1. FULL SCALE

OBJECTIVES 2_ EXPERIMENTAL

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CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE

• Audio frequency magnetotelluric (AMT) method is used.

• AMT technique measures the impedance of natural electro­magnetic energy propagating into the ground.

• The energy source is generated by world-wide thunderstorms.

• The propagated energy is refracted into the earth and depth of penetration is dependent on conductivity and frequency.

• Instrumentation measures the horizontal magnetic (H) and electric (E) fields as a function of frequency.

f • Conductivity = 5 2 MHOS/M

1.26 X 10 x (E/H)

• Instrumentation consists of horizontal dipole E-field sensor, a coil H-field sensor, and a variable frequency receiver

• Frequency range from 1 0 Hz to 1 0,000 Hz provides information on earth conductivity as a function of depth into the earth.

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SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF AMT DETECTION EQUIPMENT

ELECTRIC FIELD SENSOR

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10 kHz CUTOFF ANALYZER

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REJECT FILTER

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ANALYZER

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CONDUCTIVITY CHARACTERIZATION

BASED ON GEOLOGY ANALYSIS

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CONDUCTIVITY IN MHOS/METER

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Suggested ELF Develop�nent

Program

• Phase 1 -Site optimization study (8 months) • Site survey

• System requirements definition

• Mitigation studies

• Full-scale system site location

• Develop construction and implementation plans

• Phase 2 -Full-scale system • Detail design for antenna and grounds

• Facilities design for transmitter and tuning

• Site construction and antenna installation

• System checkout and test

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ELF Con�n�unications

• ELF provides continuous communication to deeply submerged submarines and hardened force command centers

• Assures mission readiness

• Assures invulnerability

• ELF has proven "world wide" performance

• GTE provides off-the-shelf system and equipment designs and turn-key operational capability

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