Comparative Research on Networked C2 Structure in Different Conditions Based on the Long Chain

Abstract

Warfare of the information era is heading from platform-centered to network-centric, and the traditional command and control models are "Chimney" structure, which are incapable to meet the flexibility required in military actions of the 21st century [1-3]. The proposed networked C2 structure, which is composed of a C2 capacity array and a task array, based on the long chain system in industry, aims to fill the gap. This article lucubrates two typical systems, the long chain system (LCS) and 3-chain system (3CS), to explore how they perform when meet the diversified tasks. In this paper, we set the C2 capacity array as a normal distribution to meet the tasks which obeys two different distributions, normal and poisson distribution, respectively. By the research we find that: (1) System 3CS is always better than LCS when meets different distributions of tasks, (2) The networked C2 structures are capable of changeable tasks, and they are a little bit suitable for combat mission of normal distribution when C2 capacity obeys normal distribution.