Kongsberg RL542A Radio Link

The RL542A provides up to 100 Mbit/s (aggregated 200 Mbit/s) in harsh Electronic Warfare (EW) environments for

full-duplex, reliable and secure point-to-point communications in harsh EW environments. IP and TDM interfaces are available.

Unique ECCM/EPM methodology ensures communication in harsh environments.

The RL542A can also operate in point-to-multipoint configurations.

ECM/EPM

- Frequency Hopping - Conventional and Adaptive. Frequency hopping speeds up to 1000 times/second.

- Automatic power control

- Automatic frequency avoidance

- Pulse Jammer Protection - Advanced jammer detection algorithms.

- FEC, channel coding and interleaving.

The RL542A mounts on top of the mast near the antenna and connects directly to the IP router.

No indoor or baseband unit is required.

The RL542A can be remotely located via a fibre optic interface.

The radio can be fully configured and remotely managed via the KONGSBERG Communication Management System (CMS).

The RL542A is a software-defined radio with additional analogue filtering to provide excellent tactical performance, ensuring long range and good positioning capability.

Communication Carrier

The RL542A is ideally suited as a communications carrier for tactical wide area networks connecting command posts to advanced weapon systems such as NASAMS air defence systems.

Fast link establishment combined with a robust waveform ensures a stable and reliable connection.

Features

- Point-to-Point

- Point-to-Multipoint

- Lightweight, compact and easy to operate

- Field-proven equipment with rugged design

- Frequency hopping

- Flexible data interface and SNMP-based management

- Spectrum-efficient modulation

- Communication carrier in IP-based tactical systems

- AES256 encryption (optional)