The Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) is a
military radio protocol for
mobile ad hoc networking (MANETs) for software defined radios.
It was developed as part of the
Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program of the
U.S. Department of Defense
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, and was intended for US and NATO military use.
The ""WNW"" waveform uses an
OFDM
In telecommunications, orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is a type of digital transmission and a method of encoding digital data on multiple carrier frequencies. OFDM has developed into a popular scheme for wideband digital commu ...
physical layer,
and with variable frequency usage to best utilize the available bandwidth.
The waveform uses the
Software Communications Architecture (SCA) software architecture, and has
NSA
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approved security.
There is also a related COALWNW waveform for use by coalition partners.
References
Military radio systems of the United States
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