Annex E16 Tactical Access Concentrator (TAC 300) Multiplexer

Question 0

Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC)

Answer 0

A static connection between ATM ports

Question 1

Characteristics and Description of the TAC 300

Answer 1

Only PTP configuration

Provides the capability to multiplex up to 8 circuits into one aggregate for transmission over a common path

Question 2

4 Port High Speeed Circuit Emulation Service (HS CES) IPOD

Answer 2

Provides connectivity for serial services such as NIPRNET or SIPRNET router traffic

Question 3

4 Port DSI CES IPOD

Answer 3

Digital Signal 1 (DS1) ports accept input from devices connected with RJ 45 connector

Each port supports up to 1544 Kbps data rate, the equivalent of a T1 connection

Question 4

Serial ATM XPOD

Answer 4

As a multiplexer, the TAC 300 assembles multiple data streams into a single aggregate up to 19968 Kbps (special serial aggregate cable included in SL3)

Question 5

AN/TTQ-5 Deployable Integrated Transport Suite (DITS)

Answer 5

Symmetic/Asymmetric Trunk (SA-TRK): Connection between Nodes in a Domain

Question 6

PriimeVoice Server (PVS-12) Card

Answer 6

Compression of voice calls (12 channels per card) to 16 Kbps per channel (192 Kbps per card, 384 Kbps per T1)

Question 7

High Speed Data 2B (HSD 2B) Card

Answer 7

Connect SIPRRNET, NIPRNET, etc. and data rates up to 8192 Kbps

Five HSD 2B cards provided with two ports per card (10 high speed data connections)

Question 8

Primary Rate Card (PRC)

Answer 8

Three PRC cards provided with two ports per card (6 T1s)

Question 9

Symmetric/Asymmetric Trunk (SA TRK)

Answer 9

Provide WAN trunks or lateral links to other units

Three SA-TRK cards provided (3 SA-TRKs)