An Essential-Task-Based Methodology for Development and Analysis of Information Exchange Requirements in Tactical Data Link

Different tactical operation has different Information Exchange Requirement (IER) in Tactical Data Link (TDL). The IER in TDL is a key concern within the tactical operations. In order to provide a way to develop and analyze the IER in TDL, an Essential-Task-Based methodology is presented in a step- by-step manner. Moreover the procedure of the development and analysis of IER in TDL is introduced. Lastly, a sample example of IER Modeling is given. By having the practical method that deals with how to capture the IER in TDL to fulfill a specific operation, an effective TDL network program can be figured out for further study.