Battlefield Communication Solutions enabled by deploying

Commercial-off-the-Shelf technology

May 2012

Harry Jensen

harry.jensen@radisys.com

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Radisys Corporation at a Glance

Embedded

Wireless

Infrastructure

Solutions

Protocol Software

Professional

Services

COTS Platforms Media Server / MRF

Single Solutions Source Worldwide Customer Base

Embedded Wireless Infrastructure Solutions

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Issue

Command and Control (C2) of

geographically dispersed military units

in distributed operations.

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Technology’s value in Tomorrow’s Conflicts

In the past ten years, resourcefulness and initiative in

bringing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) communications

technology to the battlefield have led to rapid advances in

command and control (C2) capabilities, enabling

commanders to keep pace with changing tactics,

techniques, and procedures (TTP) by adaptive enemy

forces.

Powering Network-Centric Warfare: Everyone and everything on the network

Situational awareness and speed to understanding = Victory

Airborne Assets Platform Data

Platform / Sensor

Commands

Ground

Station

Tactical Operations Center (TOC)

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Considerations in choosing Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology for military applications

Permissive or non-permissive environment?

Technology challenges in using COTS communications technology:

• Interoperability

• Scalability

• De-confliction

• Security

• Roaming

But, the advantages of COTS Platform deployment are:

• Save $$$

• Reduced program risk

• High-reliability & high-availability

• Ad hoc deployments

• Tech refresh

• Performance keeps pace with changing needs

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Meeting the need

Which military customer we are trying to serve:

• In Garrison?

• Special Operations?

• Executive (Global) Travel (commercial networks)?

• Tactical environment?

– Forward Operating Base coverage ?

– On the Move?

What services are required?

• Encrypted Data-at-Rest

• Encrypted Data-in-Motion

• Location cloaking

• Commercial versus Military Form Factor

– Cell phone, tablet, or dongle

• How to handle Voice

– Push to talk with radio nets?

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Why Long Term Evolution(LTE)/4G? best choice today and tomorrow

Large ecosystem

Affordable

Interoperability

All-IP service network

Standards based

Latest broadband technology

• LTE Advanced (1 Gbps)

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The Data Capacity Gap: commercial over tactical communications

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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., online gaming)

• Low latency enables fast video/channel adaptation, therefore allowing high-speed applications

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

Application

Server

Media

Resource

Function

IMS

Internet

Policy &

Charging

Routing

Function

Policy &

Charging

Enforcement

Function

Mobility

Management

Entity

LTE Security

Gateway

Serving

Gateway

Packet

Gateway

eNodeB

User

Equipment

60+ Customer Wins

Macro Small Cells

Audio Video Conf

~65% Market Share

10G 40G ATCA

~40% ATCA Share

Traffic Management

Dumb Smart Pipes

Home eNodeB

User

Equipment

Radio Access Network Evolved Packet Core Policy Control IP Multimedia Subsystem

End-to-End LTE Infrastructure in Core Network

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LTE Tactical Network: scalability is key

RAN (Radio Access Network) eNodeB: Handles the

air interface and conversion to wired network

Evolved Packet Core (EPC): Handles the call routing

and switch

Battlefield communications area of Interest

COM Express

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Example of LTE deployment

Platoon level communications

• Based in tactical vehicle or man wearable

• RAN & EPC running on COM-Express module

with carrier card for air interface.

• Vehicle is “self contained” LTE Network

Large Field Deployable

• Small Cell(s) (RAN) deployed

• 2 Slot Advanced TCA Chassis is running a

Collapsed EPC

COM Express

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Conferencing & Video

Deployment of IP voice conferencing

• Vehicle to Vehicle conferencing

• Using software IP Media Server running on

“spare bandwidth” of other deployed x86

based systems.

• Allows voice conference with the local area

Voice/Video conferencing

• Larger scale deployment

• Allows multiple resources over a broad area

talk & share same visual information

Video distribution

• Store & Forward

• Transcoding

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Ground Control Stations

Tactical Operations

Center (TOC)

Battlefield Conferencing:

voice & data with

push-to-talk

Network-Centric Operations w/COTS HW & SW: better mobility, security, & SWaP (size, weight and power)

Battlefield Communications

LTE in a Box

Field deployable

LTE C2 system

Advanced TCA

RMS

COM Express

Trillium & SWMS

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Warfighters at the Edge w/LTE & Video Optimization: Situational awareness and 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

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Summary

Cost to performance of LTE

Much greater chance of user adoption and adaption

Scalability

Greater bandwidth

Over the top VoIP capabilities

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Questions?