Military central units and distributed units

A communication system comprising:

• a first core network, wherein the first core network is configured as mobile, and
• a radio access network, comprising:
• a first central unit comprising:
• a user plane interface communicatively coupled to the first core network;
• a control plane interface communicatively coupled to the first core network;
• a transceiver;
• a first router comprising a multilevel security guard, and configured to route user plane data and control plane data from a tactical waveform to the first core network, wherein the tactical waveform is one of a Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW), a Bandwidth Efficient Common Data Link (BE-CDL), a Tactical Targeting Networking Technology (TTNT), a Trellisware (TSM), or a Link-16;
• and
• a second router configured to communicate user plane data and control plane data from a 5G waveform to the first core network, wherein the central unit configures at least one network function of radio resource control (RRC);
• a first distributed unit, wherein the first distributed unit communicates the user plane data and the control plane data from the tactical waveform to the first router;
• and
• a second distributed unit, wherein the second distributed unit communicates the user plane data and control plane data from the 5G waveform to the second router;
• wherein the first distributed unit and the second distributed unit each configure at least one network function of packet data convergence protocol (PDCP), radio link control (RLC), medium access control (MAC), and physical link (PHY) network functions;
• a first user equipment;
• wherein the first user equipment is configured to transmit a first signal and a second signal;
• wherein the first signal encodes data in the tactical waveform;
• wherein the second signal encodes the data in the 5G waveform;
• wherein the first distributed unit is configured to receive and perform interface translation on the first signal;
• wherein the second distributed unit is configured to receive and perform interface translation on the second signal;
• wherein the central unit is configured to combine the first signal and the second signal.