CoAX
CoAX Progress Meeting
April 2002
Toulouse, France
Dennis Brake
Global InfoTek Inc
1920 Association Drive, Suite 200
Reston, VA 20191
(703) 652-1600 x319
dbrake@globalinfotek.com
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Agenda
GITI TIE Interactions
 Service User Interface
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Grid Security Enhancements
Joint Forces Maritime Command
Coalition Starter Pack
 Auto-wrapping of legacy code
Infrastructure
Summary
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Collaborative Plotting Tool UI
Address Book / Duty Roster UI
Live Video Viewer UI
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GITI TIE Interactions
AIAI
 Explore the feasibility of using a service UI download
process panel to coalition members.
IHMC
 Work on security enhancements to the Grid to allow secure
communications between agents.
QinetiQ
 Develop a JavaCard/iButton interface to store user
preferences for login and application initialization.
NRL
 Assist NRL in getting a XIS client grid enabled.
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Service User Interface
AIAI TIE
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Agent/Service registers with the Grid
 Advertises it’s user interface capability
 Provides a Factory to construct the components
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Client
 Finds the Agent/Service
 Uses Factory to construct components
 Classes not installed at the Client are downloaded
 Users interact with Agent/Service through interface
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Collaborative Plotting Tool
Backend Coordinate Storage
GUIs register for Events
Clients add/remove items
All GUI’s receive updates
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Address Book / Duty Roster
GUIs register for Events
Updated with login/logout
All GUI’s receive updates to
keep current
Java SmartCard will Login and
add user to book (QinetiQ TIE)
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Live Video Viewer
Video GUIs receive RTP (i.e.
UDP based) video signals
Server starts multicast video
transmissions when client has
downloaded GUI
GUI displays live video
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Grid Security
Enhancements – IHMC TIE
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Added a SwitchableSecureAgentRep
 Extends AgentRep
 MessageQueue can be switched between normal
communications or SSL
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KAoS Domain Management can enforce SSL on Agent
communications
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Joint Forces Maritime
Command
Situation Notebook
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Joint Forces Maritime
Command (cont.)
XIS Plugin Display in a Page (NRL TIE)
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CHAIN Overview
CHAIN provides building blocks for end users to rapidly construct and deploy
intelligent information gathering agents, monitor critical events across the globe,
and intelligently notify users of critical events.
Enables user to launch large number of agents to monitor critical events, data
bases, information repositories, web pages, sensors, and devices
 Agents can access any JCDB compliant database – GUI is provided for
users to rapidly create retrieval agents.
Agents perform data analysis based on rules, changing events, and operator
direction.
Isolates users and agents from databases and information sources.
Hierarchical task-based planning system guides processing.
Built to be easily integrated with planning and decision support systems.
Based on Jini and CoABS GRID – interoperable with other DARPA agent
systems and ESG sensors.
Utilizes JavaSpaces for Agent Coordination.
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CHAIN Overview
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CHAIN Overview
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CHAIN Overview
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Coalition Starter Pack
Coalition Starter Pack Web Page
Downloadable Auto-wrapping tool
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Auto-wrapping of legacy code
Wraps a compiled class or interface as a Grid-enabled agent
Generates AgentRemote interface, Agent interface, AgentRep
class, AgentHelper, and the Agent.
A generated test client for locating and testing the agent
An Ant build script generated to compile and run the code.
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Infrastructure
One laptop acting as a server running CoABS Grid version 3.3
An 802.11b wireless LAN. Participants must provide their own
wireless card.
A video switching system to support up to 8 computer inputs
with outputs to 2 XGA resolution projectors. Each participant will
provide one female-to-female video cable for each laptop they
connect. The projectors will be provided by local arrangement at
the demonstration venue.
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Summary
Service UI
 Decide what to use
Security Enhancements
 Support IHMC as needed
JavaCard interface
 Decide where to use
JFMC
 Interface and test NRL’s graphics feed
Starter pack
 Clean up user interface
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