Method for sustaining radio frequency (RF) based communications connectivity during network outages

A method for ensuring data availability for a plurality of programmable radios through waveform agility, comprising the steps of:

• determining the threat states for each waveform supported on the programmable radios with an enterprise network management tool that communicates with the programmable radios to advise the programmable radios that a waveform has been compromised
• using the threat states determined by the enterprise management tool to identify which channels are available for dynamic reassignment and which are not, and communicating the identity of the available channels and the comprised channels to a gateway;
• facilitating the transition of data from a compromised channel to an available channel, via the gateway that establishes a plurality of virtual networks for the programmable radios and that transitions a programmable radio from one virtual network to another, when service has been denied on the intended delivery path that has been compromised;
• wherein the format of the data on a comprised channel is converted to the format of data on an available channel.

A network for ensuring data availability for programmable radios through waveform agility, comprising:

• a plurality of programmable radios each having a software core and each being capable of handling a plurality of different waveforms;
• an enterprise network management tool for determining the threat states for each waveform supported on the programmable radios, and for identifying which channels are available for dynamic reassignment and which are not;
• and
• a gateway, that includes a plurality of virtual network for the programmable radios, for facilitating the transition of data from a compromised channel to an available channel, when service has been comprised on the intended delivery path to a programmable radio;
• wherein the format of the data on a comprised channel is converted to the format of data on an available channel.