radisys - command and control (c2) in lte networks

Evolving Command and Control to an LTE Infrastructure

June, 2013 Harry Jensen, Colonel USMC (Retired) Director A&D

Jeff Sharpe, Sr. Product Line Manager EPC/A&D

Chandresh Ruparel, Product Line Manager Platforms

Ray Adensamer, Product Line Manager MRF

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Webinar Agenda

Command and Control (C2) in network-

centric operations

Why commercial 4G/LTE in C2?

C2 use cases

Common Compute Platform benefits in C2

Battlefield Visualization

Summary, follow-up Questions & Answers

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Needs for Command & Control (C2)

The nature of warfare has changed over

time, often driven by technology.

However these aspects have remained

constant for centuries:

• Need to maintain effective C2 of troops

• Ability communicate securely

Military missions today require Warfighters

to operate disbursed across areas of

responsibility of ever increasing size.

Commanders must constantly know

the location & status of their operational forces.

Warfighters must be able to communicate for

additional resources, regardless of geographic location.

Mission success depends on it.

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Challenges faced by Dispersed Operations

Modern military units are

smaller, have to be more agile.

Too often, units cannot

maintain line-of-sight

communications with

headquarters, let alone with

other units operating even a

few miles away:

• Limits HQ ability to track

dismounted Soldiers

• Imposes severe limitations

situational awareness

Solving these problems with

narrowband SATCOM solutions are

impractical. SATCOM requires

large and/or stationary antennas,

high power radios & line-of-sight to

the satellites, etc.

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Net-Centric Warfare

• Everyone & everything on Pentagon’s Global Information Grid

• Army- LandWarNet

• Air Force- Joint Airborne Layer Network

• Navy- Automated Digital Network System

• No self-defeating silos

Ground Control Stations

Platform/Sensor Commands

Tactical Operations

Center (TOC)

Battlefield Conferencing:

voice & data with

push-to-talk To create the LandWarNet the Army has

established the Common Operating

Environment (COE) which is to leverage

Commercial solutions to the fullest extent

possible.

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Tactical Decision Cycle How can we add speed & auto-intelligence to the process?

OODA Loop

Decide

Orient Act

Observe

Success can only be achieved

by acting inside the enemy’s

cycle.

Commercial C2 technology is

the key enabler for adding

auto-intelligence and speed.

Rules of

Engagement

Initiate

Kill Chain

Data

Mining

Predictive

Analysis

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Combat Lessons Learned

Training and combat experience have taught me:

Situational Awareness (SA) and speed in

understanding what you are sensing are critical

to mission accomplishment.

Must act inside opponent’s tactical decision

cycle: OODA Loop.

To win in battle you must be able to move and

shoot. In order to move and be lethal shooting,

must be able to communicate on the move.

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Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

Pace of change in military tactics, techniques, &

procedures (TTP) is increasing

Some TTP examples exposing technology

capability gaps requiring more capable C2 are:

• Precision Weapons

• Distributed Operations

• Proliferation of

Unmanned systems-

air, sea, & land

• Overwhelming sensor

input load

• Increased analytics

capability

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Why COTS C2 Technology to Close Gaps? PROBLEM: Budgets and technology risks driving change

in acquisition strategies

• Exquisite, custom systems are high risk, slow to deliver, and often

not suitable outside lab (unintended consequences)

• We can’t afford custom at quantity needed

SOLUTION: Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) HW & SW

• Large ecosystems

• Quicker time to market

• Proven and mature

• familiar to our Warfighters

• Leading edge

• Standards based, open architecture

• Saves $$$$

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By Evolving C2 to an LTE Infrastructure Situational awareness & speed to understanding= VICTORY

AR goggles feed high resolution

video capture feed from each

soldier back to vehicle

Each soldier can choose from a variety

of views to show up on glasses:

Video from another soldier

Video from multiple soldiers in a mosaic

UAV downlink

Satellite Imagery

GPS Position of other soldiers/vehicles

[Vehicle has one video bridge per soldier

with tiling and scaling]

Video resolution for each soldier

adjusts separately based on

available bandwidth, priority

requests, distance from the

vehicle

Soldiers can participate in audio bridge

to exchange information

Aalysts can push briefing material

(videos, maps, intelligence) over

downlink to vehicle and directly to

soldier goggles

Ruggedized PDA,

tablet or laptop

Augmented reality goggles

capable of displaying video

feed, capturing live video

from helmet camera, and

capturing GPS location

Use Cases for compact, mobile LTE C2 network

Jeff Sharpe

Senior Product Line Manager

EPC/A&D

Harry Jensen, Colonel

USMC (Retired)

Director A&D

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Ground Control Stations

Platform/Sensor Commands

Tactical Operations

Center (TOC)

Battlefield Conferencing:

voice & data with

push-to-talk

Requirements in Network-Centric Operations

End Goal

• Everyone & everything on “worldwide grid”; no self-

defeating silos

• Situational awareness & speed to understanding

are critical

• OODA loop: observe, orient, decide & act

• Shortens tactical planning to action cycle

• End devises/interfaces that are easy for the

Warfighter to use

Getting the right information to the right

people at the right time – No information

overload

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The Data Capacity Gap: Tactical versus Commercial Communications

1990 2000 2010 2020

COTS

10000000

1000000

100000

10000

1000

100

10 Proprietary

SMS Voice Video Real-Time

Multimedia

2G 2.5G 3G 4G 4G-Adv

SINGARS EPLRS, LINK16 EPLRS JTRS DWTS JTRS

HaveQuick MBITR NTDR SRW WNW

Peak D

ata

Rate

kb/s

Web

Bandwidth must

increase

Delivers

much higher

throughput

< Peak proprietary throughput

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Why LTE for Military Communications?

LTE provides the bandwidth to allow sharing/distributing

information to include video

It is a proven technology:

• LTE has been deployed worldwide

• Both infrastructure and clients are cost effective

Client technology is familiar to the warfighter

Security software is being developed for A/D applications

• It is a scalable technology

• It can be built on open standard hardware

• Radisys and our partners are experienced and trusted

suppliers/partners to help you get there!

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LTE Network Capabilities

Significantly increased peak data rates • >100Mbps DL, 50Mbps UL

Improved spectrum efficiency • Up to 4X compared to UMTS

Reduced round-trip latency • Real-time applications

(e.g., tactical video conferencing)

Scalable bandwidth • 1.25MHz – 20MHz compared to UMTS 5MHz

• High peak throughput enables rich content applications over LTE

Multiple frequency band allocation options • Paired (FDD) and Unpaired (TDD)

Compatibility with earlier systems • SAE supports Inter-RAT hand-offs

• UMTS & CDMA2000

Metric Requirement

Peak data rates DL: 100Mbps

UL: 50Mbps

(for 20MHz spectrum)

Mobility support Up to 500kmph but optimized

for low speeds: 0 to 15k mph

Control plane latency

(Transition time to

active state)

< 100ms (for idle to active)

User plane latency < 5ms

Control plane capacity > 200 users per cell

(for 5MHz spectrum)

Coverage (cell sizes) 5 – 100 km with slight

degradation after 30km

Spectrum flexibility 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, 15 & 20MHz

LTE Performance

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Typical end-to-end LTE Infrastructure

RAN (Radio Access Network) eNodeB: Handles the air

interface and conversion to wired network

Evolved Packet Core (EPC): Handles the call routing and switch

Controls who get access to information

IMS – Enhances the sharing of information

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Platoon-Level Communications

• Based in tactical vehicle or man

wearable

• RAN & EPC running on COM Express

module w/ carrier card for air interface

• Communications can also be

backhauled to remote EPC

Equipment requirements

• Ruggedized sealed box

• Small Form Factor

• Requirements that boxes in vehicles

need to handle multiple applications.

Ground Mobile Use Case

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Ground Fixed

Base coverage or Asset

protection (pipe line,

border)

• Base coverage: RAN &

EPC could be combined.

• Critical Asset protection:

Multiple RANs with

backhaul to EPC

Equipment

Requirements

• Ruggedization for RAN

• EPC could be in Benign

environment

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Ship board deployments

Ship board communications

• Mainly used for wireless data communication

• Satellite uplink to land based network

• Multiple RANs with backhaul to EPC

• Redundant EPC


• RANs will sealed and ruggedized

• EPC will be in benign environment. Could be redundant rack mount servers (RMS) or 2U ATCA. Minor ruggedization required

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Airborne Use Cases

RAN

Tactical Operations

Center (TOC)

Wide area coverage

• RAN in on UAV

• Typically Satellite backhaul

to EPC

• EPC could be on UAV


• RAN low SWaP, rugged

sealed box.

• EPC

– Benign Environment (Tactical

Operation Center) redundant

RMS or 2U ATCA. Minor

ruggedization

– Data Center

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SOP 303

Definition

• The National Communications System's Standard Operating

Procedure 303 (SOP 303) (Emergency Wireless Protocols) describes

a shutdown and restoration process for use by commercial and

private wireless networks in the event of a national crisis.

Overview • Developed under the President's

National Security

Telecommunications Advisory

Committee, in coordination with

representatives from the Federal

Communications Commission, the

Department of Homeland Security, the

Federal Bureau of Investigation, the

New York Department of Homeland

Security and other government

representatives, as well as private

sector stakeholders.

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Public Safety: 1st Responders

Moore, Oklahoma May, 2013:

• Cell towers damaged

• Difficult voice communications

• Spotty data service

• Inter-Agency support for life

saving activities

Compact LTE Benefits

Fire & Rescue

Contingency for network failure

Multi-Agency Support

Incident images/videos

Improved co-ordination

Up-to-date

conditions

Police & Security Disaster Management

Evidence collection

Response Coordination

Remote form entry

Remote access to content-rich

databases

Videos and images from incident

site for command centers

Inter and intra team group

communication

COTS Platforms for Aerospace and Defence

Chandresh Ruparel

Product Line Manager

Platforms

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Products

High Performance Intel based

Compute

Media Processing

Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

Switching

Storage

System Software

Customer Applications

Intel Architecture Benefits

Deep Packet

Inspection,

Traffic Shaping

Femto,

Small Cell

Wireless Voice,

Data & Video -

LTE, 3G

Mobile

Video

Military

Comms

Satellite

Comms

Network

Monitoring

UAV

Ground

Station

Video

Streaming

IMS

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Intel Inside: Network Appliances & COM Express

Products

Computer on Module (COM) Express:

Mobile, low power, small form factor,

ruggedized, extended temperature

Network Appliance: High performance

image processing, long-life solutions

ATCA: Wide range of Telecom-Grade

Chassis/Blade architectures

Applications

Network Security

Machine imaging

Portable Instruments

Defense Communications: Manned and

Unmanned Ground Vehicles,

Ruggedized Military Laptops

High-end graphics for COCs

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Proven COTS Assets for Aero & Defense

IP Media Resource Function (MRF)

Network Appliance & COM Express AdvancedTCA

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Today’s Warfighter requires what Radisys can deliver off the shelf:

Broad range of performance from handheld to enterprise servers

Fast development and deployment

Technology insertions without complete replacement

Open Standards-based COTS solutions

Secure/survivable on the move networks with Battlefield Cellular in a Box

Battlefield conferencing- voice, video, data

Integrated Missions facilitated with latest processing technology (dismounts, platforms,

and backhaul to Ops Centers ashore or afloat)

Bottom Line: Radisys hardware & software technology is application-ready to

become a key enabler of systems for the Warfighter on the battlefield from the

center to the edge.

Radisys delivers the reliability, long lifetime, and excellent support that your

program demands.

ISO9000, TL9000 certified at multiple locations

ITAR registered, # M28204 7-10

Radisys Adds Value to our Customers’ products for their military customers

Battlespace Visualization

Ray Adensamer


MRF and Conferencing

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IMS delivers common services core for any IP access network or video device

Mobile

Laptop

IP WAN

Tablet

Corporate

IP VPN

IMS

Services

Core

Small

Screen

Video

HD

Video

Corporate

HD Video

Wireline Broadband DSL, Cable

HD MCU

Application

Server (AS)

Smartphone

Home

Office

(SMB)

Office

Desktop

Head

Office

Telepresence

Mobile Broadband 4G/LTE, WiFi, HSPA

Media Resource

Function (MRF)

Video

Content/

Storage

Enterprise

UC

SIP with MSML control interface

MSML = Media Server Markup Language (RFC 5707)

= XML-based, feature-rich programing interface for controlling video media processing functions of MRF

Radisys MRF

Classified

3rd party

Conferencing

Application

or

Radisys

SIPware


SIP

RTP

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A&D Use Cases similar to

IMS commercial capabilities

Voice, Data communications.

Video Distribution

IP Video conferencing

Control information overload

Make sure the right people get

the right information

Applying IMS to A&D Use Cases Voice, Video, Pictures

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Radisys MRF Video Conferencing Modes and Functionality

Voice Activated Video Switching

• Model optimized for residential and mobile video markets

• Everyone sees current speaker

• Up to 16 full duplex video participants per conference

• Additional participants joined as video receive-only; only

limited by platform resources

H.263 Continuous Presence (CP)

(4 split and 6 split display)

• Multi-pane displays

• Provides a more immersive experience

Each end-point can

have unique custom mix

Capabilities exposed through open

SIP with MSML control interface

• IP application server can be programmed to

“control” the video conference mixing CP Tactical Display (6-way)


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Bringing it all together… Radisys Integration Flexibility

Radisys MRF Radisys Trillium

Total eNodeB and EPC

Video Conferencing

Application Software

Software

Components

Combine on single “right-sized” platform suitable for application

Small ATCA chassis or

Rack Mount Server (RMS)

Ground Station

Controller (GCS)

Platform

Options

Applications

High-capacity

ATCA chassis

Ship-wide mobile

broadband

communications

Radio Specialist

ComE

board

UAV

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Battlefield Visualization Opportunities and Applications

Integrated

Soldier with

heads-up video

display

connected to

ComE

(in backpack)

running

LTE and

SIP video

client Battlefield Cellular

in a Box;

3G / LTE / 4G Tactical Operations

Center (TOC)

Field-level

audio/video

conference

mixing

Battlefield-level

audio/video mixer on ATCA –

consolidates distributed mixers

from aerial and field units using

cascaded conferencing

Wireless

backhaul

to TOC

Wireless

connections

with aerial

video

Centralized Command and

Control

Dismounted

Soldier with

ruggedized

PDA or laptop

w/ COM

Express inside


Conclusions


USMC (Retired)

Director A&D

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LTE for C2 Benefits

Proven Technology

• LTE being deployed in large commercial networks today

• Radisys media server – over 4M ports deployed in commercial

networks

Economical

• Open standards-based equipment and software minimizes capex

and ongoing opex costs

Security

• Commercially-available security technology (i.e. IPsec) available for

media and control signalling.

Flexibility

• Open software supports rapid integration.

• “Right-sized” processing platforms – from ComE to ATCA

Delivers tactical advantage in the battlefield

• Superior communications leads to superior results


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Webinar Synopsis

The need to deploy broadband communication on

the battlefield is obvious

Commercial technologies/LTE with modification are

the best solution:

• Most of the development has been done.

• They are proven to scale from small to large deployments

There are multiple deployment models with different

hardware requirements.

Use cases and deployment models will rapidly

evolve with new technology and requirements

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Radisys Aerospace and Defense Radisys Inside

atc

PFS

COMe+Trillium

COMe

COMe+Trillium

ATCA ATCA

COMe

MRF

ATCA

COMe

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USMC (Retired)

Director A&D

Jeff Sharpe

Senior Product Line Manager

EPC/A&D

Chandresh Ruparel


Platforms

Ray Adensamer


MRF and Conferencing

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