| The Global Broadcast Service (GBS) provides a high-bandwidth, one-way digital broadcast of tactical video, large files, and Internet Protocol (IP) services over a standards-based SATCOM architecture to warfighters deployed world-wide. As the Global Information Grid (GIG) completes its transformation into a new, high-speed backbone that is known as the New Defense Information System Network (DISN) Core, the integration of GBS sources and satellite uplink facilities will be essential for supporting net-centric services.
The New DISN Core will provide a ubiquitous, secure, reliable, optical terrestrial network, designed to deliver high-speed IP services to military, intelligence, and coalition forces worldwide. The use of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) will provide route diversity and increased availability to support reliable communications. Once the Department of Defense (DoD) transitions the new backbone to be fully operational, GBS must integrate their network into the New DISN Core in order to take advantage of the reliability, efficiency, and speed of the new network and thus improve dissemination of information to the warfighters.
This paper will describe how GBS integration with the GIG will take advantage of the New DISN Core and Teleport sites to provide a reliable, redundant transport system for source dissemination of information to warfighters. Further discussion will also address how GBS uplink facilities and Teleport sites will integrate with the GIG to form a partial mesh, thereby providing a more reliable satellite transport system. Additionally, the steps required for GBS to transition to the New DISN Core, including connectivity to Teleport uplink locations, will be defined.
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