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A new-generation tactical communications [[radio]] for the [[U.S. Army]], the '''[[AN-|AN/]]GRC-245''', called the High Capacity Line-of-Sight Radio (HCLOS), replaces the AN/GRC-226 radios in the AN/TRC-190 family of transmission assemblages.<ref name=FY09-Army-CE>{{citation
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) as a replacement for the former WIN-T and JNN architecture, more compatible with the [[restructuring of the United States Army]].
  | 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).

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[2], 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.[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

  1. ↑ Department of the Army (January 16, 2008), Procurement Programs, Committee Staff Procurement Backup Book, Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Budget Estimates, Other Procurement, Army: Communications and Electronics Budget Activity 2
  2. ↑ "Cellular Reliance", Asian Military Review
  3. ↑ Communications Research Center, Industry Canada (June 2007), CRC-developed SDR technology deployed in commercial radios: Ultra Electronics ships new radios enabled by CRC’s Software Communications Architecture
  4. ↑ Ultra Electronics, Tactical Communications Systems
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