  Emerging technologies for mobile broadband wireless are being considered as a
Commercial Off-The-Shelf solution to cover the operational requirements of the
future warfare. The capabilities of these technologies are being enhanced to
meet the growing market demands on performance. In this context, several
standards such as WiMAX, LTE or WLAN are introducing themselves as strong
candidates to fulfill these requirements. This paper presents an innovative
scenario-based approach to develop a Military Broadband Wireless Communication
System (MBWCS). Its main objective is to analyze how similar a military MBWCS
can be to the identified civil standards, taking operational and high level
technical requirements into account. This specification will be used for
analyzing the applicability and the modifications of each of the standards
layers individually. Proving the feasibility and aptitude of each standard
provides strong foundations to address a MBWCS in the most efficient way.
