BOEING LIMITED
INTEGRATING THE BATTLESPACE WITH SOFTWARE-BASED COMMUNICATIONS
Alejandro M. Lopez
Director
Network Communication Systems
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
OMG SBC Workshop
August 18, 2005
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BOEING LIMITED
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Systems Integrator for Programs
of National Significance
Global Positioning
System
Future Imagery
Architecture
Airborne Laser
Ground-Based Mid-Course
Defense Segment
Airborne
Early Warning
& Control
Wideband Gapfiller
Future Combat System
Joint Tactical Radio System
Delta IV
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Prime Integrator for Key SBC Programs
JTRS Cluster 1
AMF JTRS
FAB-T and HCCC
Future Combat System
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Communications Transformation Key to
Integrating Battlespace
Today
Transformational
Programs
Tomorrow
Networked
Battlespace
Transformational
Communications
Communication
Launch
C2C
Bombers
Surveillance
JTRS
Fighters
NCO
JTRS/FA
JTRS
Transport
FCS
Helicopters
Weapons
Integrated Battlespace
of the Future (JV 2020)
Command & Control
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FORCEnet
JTRS Networks the Battlespace
Brings the Internet model to military communications
AMF Cluster
Cluster 5
AMF Cluster
Networking innovation … joint, survivable, secure,
high capacity, large population, mobile ad hoc network
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WNW Networking Trail Blazing
! IP transit network … battlespace network element of GIG
! Communications on the move for large-node mobile networks
! Internet-like multimedia services … voice, video and data
! Bandwidth-adaptive data rates, up to wideband
! Environment-adaptive signaling modes
! Flexible addressing … unicast, multicast, broadcast
! Assured service … self-forming, self-healing, QoS network
! High assurance network security architecture
! Scalable network services … RF, platform LAN, GIG WAN
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JTRS Transforms the Platforms for NCO
Brings the internet PC model to military communications
Product innovation … full spectrum, modular, secure,
networked software defined radios with portable waveforms
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The Case for Networked SDR
! Inherently Suitable to Families of Terminals
! Supports Software Portability and Reusability
! Compatible with Networked Applications
! Designed for Technology Insertion and Upgradeability
! Supports Incremental Deployment of Capabilities
! Leverages Vast Industry and Government Investment
! Technology of Choice for JTRS and FAB-T
! Low Total Ownership Cost (TOC)
The Value Case for SDR Rests on Low TOC
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Radio Services, Radio Devices and MHAL
SCA Core Framework
VHF/UHF
ATC LOS
LINK-16
HaveQuick
LINK 11A
HF
UHFSATCOM
SATURN
SINCGARS
WNW
EPLRS
Software Defined Radio Trail Blazing
Portable
Reusable
Waveforms
SCA-Compliant
Operating
Environment
Real-Time ORB
RTOS and BSP
COTS/Custom Hardware
Flexible
Hardware
Platform
Cluster 1 Integrates 4 Million Software Lines of Code
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The Networked SDR Architecture
INFOSEC
Wideband Transceiver
Link
Processor
Network
Control
RF
Modem
Interface
Application
Link
Processor
Crypto
Channel
Broadband Transceiver
RF
Modem
Link
Processor
NIC Transceiver
IP Router
IP Router
Link
Processor
Crypto
Channel
Gateway
Application
Network
Control
Human
Computer
Interface
Crypto
Channel
Secure Heterogeneous
Network Core Architecture
QoS&BW
Management
Net Mgt
(SNMP, PBN, IA)
Services
(LDAP, DHCP)
Routing
Directory
RTOS and BSP
COTS/Custom Hardware
Legacy Links
& Networks
(e.g. Link-16)
Legacy Links
w/ IP Overlay
(e.g. EPLRS)
Red
User/Network
Interfaces
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Networked
Waveforms
Black
Network
Interfaces
1553
PPP
Serial
Fiber
802.2/3
100Base T
Lasercom
Legacy
RF Link
PHY
Mission-Specific
COMSEC
1553
Legacy
Application Specific
RF Link / PHY
Black IP
PPP
Serial
COMSEC /
TRANSEC
802.2/3
Fiber
1553
Serial
Radio Services, Radio Devices and MHAL
Transport Protocols (TCP, UDP)
HAIPIS
COMSEC
Red IP
IP
Appliqué
Legacy
Red
Network
Protocols
MobilityEnh.
Transport Protocols (TCP, UDP)
Legacy Red
Application Specific
Link / Network
TSAT Family
COTSRouting
Protocols
(OSPF, PIM, BGP)
Net Mgt
(SNMP, PBN, IA)
Services
Directory
Gateway
Message Format
Translator
(DNS, DHCP)
Legacy
Application
Transformational Network Architecture
100Base T
LINK-16
VHF/UHF
ATC LOS
HF
HaveQuick
LINK 11A
UHFSATCOM
SATURN
Legacy Waveform
Migration
Integration Architecture
WNW
Wired I/O
Interface
Time/Frequency
Source
VoIP(H.323)
Link
Processor
Data
Storage
Real-Time ORB
IP Interface
Radio
System
Controller
Modular, Extensible, Networked,
Secure SDR Architecture
SINCGARS
Link
Processor
AEHF Family
Modem
Wired
IP Interface
SCA Core Framework
Analog I/O
Interface
Broadband Transceiver
RF
NIC Transceiver
Public
Network
Wired I/O
Interface
Wideband Transceiver
GPS Receiver
GPS
EPLRS
Gateway
Application
COTSRouting
Protocols
SATCOM
Crypto
Channel
Link
Processor
(OSPF, PIM, BGP)
Broadband
Network
Modem
CDL Family
Wideband
Network
RF
WNWFamily
Antenna RF/IF Interface & Interference Management
Legacy
Network
Integrating the Battlespace
SATCOM Network
The Networked SDR
Wideband
Network
Broadband
Network
Antenna RF/IF Interface & Interference Management
Wideband Transceiver
RF
Modem
Link
Processor
INFOSEC
Crypto
Channel
Network
Control
Crypto
Channel
Link
Processor
Crypto
Channel
Link
Processor
Crypto
Channel
Network
Control
Wideband Transceiver
RF
Modem
Link
Processor
Human
Computer
Interface
Broadband Transceiver
RF
Modem
Link
Processor
Broadband Transceiver
RF
Modem
Link
Processor
IP Router
GPS Receiver
Time/Frequency
Source
Data
Storage
Wired I/O
Interface
Crypto
Channel
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Radio
System
Controller
JTRS Cluster 1 Trail Blazing
! SCA-compliant SDR architecture, with full waveform portability
spanning GPP high-level language to FPGA VHDL code
! 2-2000 MHz multi-channel, multi-JTR, simultaneous waveform
operation modular radio supporting all JTRS waveforms
! Extensible heterogeneous network architecture, providing
waveform routing, bridging and retransmission capability
! Transformational mobile ad-hoc wideband network waveform
(WNW), delivering internet capability to the mobile battlespace
! 21 highly portable legacy waveforms, implemented for
portability, including EPLRS, Link-16, HF, and UHFSATCOM
! Multiple Separate Levels of Security (MSLS) in a networked
software defined radio with simultaneous waveforms
Developed Foundational Elements … Mitigated Risks
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JTRS Cluster 1 Demonstrated Capabilities
! JTR-to-JTR and JTR-to-Legacy radio operation
! Multi-channel, simultaneous waveform operation
! WNW with OFDM Signal-in-Space
! Multiple Legacy Waveform Modes
! Interoperability with Multiple Legacy Radios
! Field demonstrations at the Army’s EPG
4-Channel Radio
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Significant Lessons Learned
! Development cost of SBC systems
! Standards, processes & technology readiness
! Expectations on Size, Weight and Power
! Latency and throughput performance
! Evolution of security requirements
! Need for hardware architecture standards
! Portability is in the eye of the beholder
! Systems of systems complexity
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The Path Forward
! Making the value case for SBC systems
! Bridging the gap between capability and SWaP
! Maximizing portability and reusability, to
include high performance applications
! Maturation of standards, to include for a
hardware architecture framework
! Extending standards to cover the full spectrum
! Containing the impact of security changes
! Managing the System of Systems challenge
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Summary
! Software based communications systems
continue to be the key to transformation
! Initial expectations on complexity and
technology readiness were overly optimistic
! Substantial progress has been made
! Many lessons learned … being addressed
! Remaining big challenge is making the value
case … delivering on the promise affordably
We Will Continue Living in Interesting Times
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