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Understand the past, support the present, shape the future Enabling Land Force Mobility Dr Peter Holliday MAJ Jason Broderick

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Understand the past, support the present, shape the future

Enabling Land Force Mobility

Dr Peter HollidayMAJ Jason Broderick

Scope

• Land Force Mobility challenges (CIS Focus)

• Talisman Sabre 2015 Overview

• CIS Capability Trials

• Future Initiatives

• Concluding remarks

• Questions

What is the ‘LNIC’

• The Land Network Integration Centre is owned by CA

• The LNIC’s LoE are to:

– Support to Operations

– Direct Support to Capability Decisions

– Manage the Land Network Configuration Baseline

– Innovate and integrate to support the Army-In-Being

– Enhance joint and coalition interoperability

– Governance and Capacity Building

‘Supporting learn, build, expand, enhance’

LNIC Programs

• Land Platform Network Integration

• Mission Network Development

• Common Vehicle Architectures

• Secret Wireless CWAN

• Land Network Battle Lab

• Combined Black / Red NMS

• Next Gen SATCOM Architectures

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Exercise Talisman Sabre 15

Land Force Mobility Challenges

• Legacy capabilities

• FOB Mentality

• Incapable of rapid deployment

• Additional CIS systems

• Lack of system interoperability

• Analogue processes

Talisman Sabre 15 Overview

• Biennial bilateral US / AS exercise

• Multiple focuses:

– Joint Task Force

– Land Component Command (Divisional)

– Brigade (Exercise Hamel)

– Enablers

• LNIC supported the design / build / execution of the BLUEFOR network architecture

Talisman Sabre 15 Overview

Talisman Sabre 15 Overview

• Architecture built and maintained by LNIC with

capabilities currently not IIS

• The fielded Capability Demonstrators included:

– Commercial Solutions for Classified Wireless LAN

– TDMA SATCOM

– Black Core Routing

• The purpose of fielding the demonstrators was:

– Validate the capacity of the systems

– Illustrate the flexibility the system provided to the User

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CIS Capability Trials

Commercial Solutions for Classified

(CSfC)

• NSA Program designed to tap the agility of commercial products

• Layered design “Swiss Cheese”

– Multiple mechanisms to satisfy IA requirement

– Mechanisms must be independent

– If one mechanism fails, the other should be sufficient

• Independence

– SW, HW, Algorithms, protocols, suppliers

CSfC (cont)

Source: NSA STAR-401 RSA Conference 2012

CSfC Secure Wireless

Source: NSA STAR-401 RSA Conference 2012

LNIC Secure Wireless Solution

Mesh AP

Root AP

WLAN stations

WLAN

ControllerFirewall

Outer VPN

802.11n

802.11a Backhaul

802.11n

Inner VPN

MSN

WPA2-Ent Suite-B Suite-B

Cyber Monitoring

Trial Conduct

• The system represented the second iteration of the design

• System was trialled in two phases:

– Phase 1 – LBRR

– Phase 2 – Field Trial

• The field trial was conducted with 17 CSS Bde

• The system was deployed into:

– Bde Tac HQ

– Bde Main HQ (FSG)

• The system operated continuously for 22 days

Trial Results

• The system was deemed ‘fit for purpose’

• Laptop design and functionality was intuitive and flexible

• The system demonstrated:

– A significant reduction in cabling infrastructure

– An increase in HQ functionality and flexibility

– No significant increase in RF signature above what

was already present

• System design will become the basis for future work with

CISSO and BDA

TDMA versus FDMA

Frequ

en

cy

Time

F1

F2

F3

FDMA

Current BDE Deployment

FDMA SCPC / Single Mode

Main ForwardRear

Enablers

Strategic Interface

TDMA versus FDMA

Frequ

en

cy

Time

F1

F2

F3

TDMA

F3 F3 F3 F3 F3

F2 F2 F2 F2 F2

F1 F1 F1 F1 F1

BDE Deployment

TDMA MCPC / Single Mode

Main ForwardRear

Enablers

Strategic Interface

FDMA

FDMA

TDMA

TDMA

TDMA

BDE Deployment

TDMA MCPC / Multi Mode

Main ForwardRear

Enablers

Strategic Interface

FDMA

TDMA

TDMATDMA

Trial Conduct

• LNIC has been working with TDMA for over 4 years

• The Talisman Sabre trial series utilised the following:

– Twin GD Warrior 240 SATCOM Terminals

– L3 Hawkeyes with Hughes HX series modems

– Hughes Tactical Gateway (TGW)

• Trial conducted over Ka Band WGS utilising

simultaneous FDMA and TDMA

• The TDMA Cloud supported 6 remote nodes including

one mobile US node

Trial Results

• The TDMA performed well, providing sufficient

bandwidth across the cloud

• Ka Band performance was adversely effected by

weather, consideration for use of X Band for future trials

• The ability to hub both TDMA and FDMA from the same

terminal significantly reduced the SATCOM footprint

• Adding and removing nodes from the network could be

achieved efficiently without requiring support from

strategic agencies

Black Core Routing

• Current Model

– IP network

– PABX

– DAHA ATM MUX

• Circuit Switched WAN

• Bandwidth is fixed

• Many technologies and protocols

• Complex to maintain

• Does not scale

DSN MSN

DRNRouter

ATMSwitch

TDMPABX Bearer

512kbpsTrunk

c

DSNAAL5 128k UBR

MSNAAL5 128k UBR

TDMAAL1 256k PVC

Technologies Used

IP

ATM

EUROCOM (TDM)

Ethernet 802.3

OLTU (EUROCOM)

IP Crypto

TDM Crypto (KG94/K7)

Serial (RS-449/530)

WAS bandwidth is fixed PVC – unused bandwidth is lost

Z Z

ZZ

Black Core Routing

LAS A LAS B

Black AggregationRouter

WAS Bearer

512kbpsTrunk

Converged IP512kbps

Technologies Used

IP

Ethernet 802.3

HAIPE Crypto

Fully converged – all bandwidth is available

Z Z

• Black Core Aggregated

Network

• Simplified design

• Supports All domains

– DRN/DSN/DMN/DTSN

• UNCLAS Voice provide

by Black Router

Black Core Routing Overlay

• Consider the traditional single hop overlay model (Pre-TS15)

BDE Main

BDE Forward

BDE Rear

Black Core Routing Overlay

• Consider the traditional single hop overlay model for a

TDMA/FDMA Network

BDE Main

BDE Forward

BDE Rear

Black Core Routing Overlay

• Consider the traditional single hop overlay model for a TDMA/FDMA Network

BDE Main

BDE Forward

BDE Rear

“Hair pinning” – 3 Sat Hops!

Black Core Routing Overlay

• Need a multi-hop peer-to-peer overlay – TS15

BDE Main

BDE Forward

BDE Rear

BGP Peer

BGP Peer

BGP Peer

Black Core Routing Overlay

• Need a multi-hop BCN overlay – TS15

BDE Main

BDE Forward

BDE Rear

BGP Peer

BGP Peer

BGP Peer

Black Core Routing Overlay

• Need a multi-hop BCN overlay – TS15

• Bearer agnostic – BLOS/LOS/Cable

BGP Peer

BGP Peer

BGP Peer

Trial Conduct

• TRANSEC Routers had been used previously on

operations

• LNIC utilised the AHQ purchased TIPAN Routers to

support the Black Core Network

• Trial was conducted over two phases:

– Phase 1 – Ex Blue Diamond (Mar 15)

– Phase 2 – Ex Talisman Sabre (Jun 15)

• Black Core Network supported by CIOG through

TACINTS

Trial Results

• TRANSEC Routers were able to replace the current fleet

of legacy aggregation systems

• The use of BGP allowed nodes to be added and

removed without adverse effect the architecture

• The TRANSEC Routers are easy to configure and

maintain

• The use of COTS and MOTS reduces technical risk and

provides a robust solution

• The ability to traffic shape created efficiencies in

bandwidth usage

Lesson Learnt

• ‘One size does not fit all’

– Understand the effect the capability provides

– Static versus mobile

– Balancing bandwidth and manoeuvre

• Interrelationships between layer 1 – 4

– Red Routing (LAN)

– Black Core encrypted Network (likely aggregated)

– Transport (either celestial or terrestrial)

Each component can not be planned in isolation!

Support to Mobility Challenges

• Increased agility:

– Black Core

– TDMA

• Decreased CIS establishment times:

– Secure Wireless

– TDMA and TDMA Hubs

• Reduced CIS equipment footprint:

– Multi band, multi frequency SATCOM Hubs

– Mission Networks

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LNIC Future Initiatives

Future Initiatives (16/17)

• Common Vehicle Architecture

– RF Rationalisation

– Software Defined Radios

– Distributed Compute and Storage

– Complementary Wireless (4G/LTE, WiFi)

• Data Analytics

• Wideband BLOS systems for satellite denied

environments

Conclusion

• Armies will continue to investigate ways to utilise

technology to increase mobility

• Commercial technologies lead the way in many of the

areas being investigated

• With the continuing proliferation of ‘essential’ C2 and

Mission Systems, capabilities need to consider:

– Becoming hardware agnostic

– Designed for integration in a Systems of Systems

approach

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Questions