MIMO Systems for Military Communication/Applications

The Military is embracing the communication revolution, turning to a new generation of sophisticated systems to enable faster, richer, less costly, more flexible, reliable, compact, mobile, jam resistant, low probability of detection, re configurable and spectrally efficient communication. Many of these features can be added to a great extent in the existing systems, by utilising MIMO technology appropriately and judiciously. MIMO finds applications in wireless communication, NLOS communication, satellite communication, HF communication, Optical Fibre Communication. MIMO makes these technologies more suitable by introducing features mandatory for military communication such as Ant jamming capability, Low Probability of Intercept, low visibility of satellite earth Antennas by reducing their aperture area. MIMO can also provide redundancy by employing no extra resources, thereby increasing reliability. MIMO is highly effective to communicate with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (1).