This book was made possible by a cast of characters too numerous
to Mention, but I’ll point out the ones I remember, and hope
that the people I forget (or don’t even know about) will forgive me
and not T.P. my house.
First of all we would like to thank God Almighty for giving us the strength and confidence in
pursing the ambitions. We would like to thank our Examiner Professor Axel Jantsch for
allowing us to do this under his guidance and encouragement. At the same time we would like
to Mention our sincere thanks to Mr. Said Zainali, Manager of FRAME ACCESS AB for
giving all the required equipment and the technical support which helped us to finish this
thesis. We would like to Mention our gratitude to our fellow VACS team members who helped
us a lot during difficult times.
Before I can present design concepts or tactical wireless communications and network
challenges, I feel the need to Mention the challenges of writing for a field where some
information is not available for public domain and cannot be included in this book’s context.
Another challenge is the use of military jargon and the extensive number of abbreviations
(and abbreviations of abbreviations!) in the field. Engineering books are naturally dry, and I
have attempted to make it light by presenting the concepts in layman’s terms before diving
into the technical details. I am structuring this book in such a way as to make it useful for
a specialized graduate course in tactical communications and networking, or as a reference
book in the field.
