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Interoperable Architecture for Command and Control

Cobus Venter (CSIR, South Africa; jpventer@csir.co.za) Corné Smith (CSIR, South Africa; csmith@csir.co.za)

Rudolph Oosthuizen (CSIR, South Africa; roosthuizen@csir.co.za) Arno Duvenhage (CSIR, South Africa; aduvenhage@csir.co.za)

Brian Naude (CSIR, South Africa; bnaude@csir.co.za) Willem H le Roux (CSIR, South Africa; whleroux@csir.co.za)

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1. Introduction 2. Common architecture development approach 3. Common Information Exchange Architecture 4. CIEA concept experimentation 5. CIEA experiment results 6. Data Link Processor concept

Contents

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Traditional Engineering Approaches

Introduction

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• Defence Forces forced to re-think systems development

• Move towards common building blocks emerging

• Building blocks are expected to conform to a common architecture

• Common Information Exchange Architecture (CIEA) could expedite the

integration of systems

Common Architecture Development Approach

System X

Application

(providing functionality)

Data

System Y

Application

(providing functionality)

Data

Infrastructure Infrastructure

Procedures

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Common Information Exchange Architecture

Data States

Data-in-Use Data-in-Rest Data-in-Motion

CIEA must address:

Common Information Model

Object-orientated (inheritance) Resource Description Framework Standard Information Formats Tags for semantic meaning

Communications

Combat communications bus - clever routing Static communications bus

Interoperability : Flexibility : Shorten Acquisition Time

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App A

DM

App B

DM

Platform/C2 System/Sensor Combat Group A

App C

DM

App D

DM

Static Communications Bus

Combat Communications Bus

Platform/C2 System/Sensor Combat Group B

Combat Communications Bus

App E

DM

Data-in-RestGateway

Data Servers

DM - Data ModelApp - Application

DM

Databases

Archives

Static Communication Infrastructure

Tactical/MobileCommunication

Infrastructure

Tactical/MobileCommunication

Infrastructure

Common Information Exchange Architecture

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Gateway experimental

implementation to validate the

CIEA

Gateway experimental set-up Comparative CIEA

Common Information Exchange Architecture:

Experiment

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Middleware

Interface

Message Coder

Message Framing

Interface

Gateway Link

Middleware

Interface

Message Coder

Message Framing

Interface

Gateway Link

Generic Publish-Subscribe Time-stepped Middleware(A C++ Layered Distributed Architecture Developed by DPSS)

Middleware

Interface(Pub-Sub)

Message Coder(CNIS, Propriatary, ...)

Message Framing(Propriatary framing)

Interface(TCP,UDP,RS232,HDLC,...)

Gateway Link

Middleware

Interface(Pub-Sub)

Gateway UI(Qt)

User Interface

Object Oriented Datamodel

- based on LinkZA

- consistent units

- consistent conventions

- extendable

- supports Legacy systems

- supports Non-LinkZA systems

- supports M&S

Middleware

Interface(Pub-Sub)

Routing & Filtering (using internal datamodel)

Gateway

Common Information Exchange Architecture:

Experiment

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Static site Data-in-rest server systems

such as email servers, document servers and data

servers

Combat Group CTemporary Tactical Head quarter with

data-at-rest client and C2 data-in-motion applications utilising only

satellite connectivity

Combat Group ATactical data-at-rest client with

numerous data-in-motion

applications utilising different connectivity mediums

Combat Group BTactical data-at-rest client with

numerous data-in-motion applications utilising different

connectivity mediums

140km

190 km

480km

670km

Common Information Exchange Architecture:

Experiment

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Satellite

data-in-motion source

GPRS/Edge/3G/LTE Tower

Gateway

Combat Group A

BGAN Satellite

Emergency Services radio

V/UHF radio

Combat Communications Infrastructure

DM

Routing

GISEmail

data-in-motion source

data-in-motion source

Data-in-rest client

Data-in-motion client

Gateway

Combat Group B

BGAN Satellite

Emergency Services radio

GIS

data-in-motion source

C2 App

WiMax/Wifi

Routing

DM

Combat Communications Infrastructure

Email

data-in-motion source & data-in-rest client

Data-in-rest client

Data-in-motion client

Data-in-motion client

Gateway

Combat Group C

BGAN Satellite

GIS

WiMax/Wifi

Routing

DM

Email

data-in-motion source & data-in-rest client

Data-in-rest client

Data-in-motion client

Combat Communications Infrastructure

Data-in-RestGateway

GIS

ADSL

C2 App

DM

Time SyncServer

EmailServer

Document Server

Static Communications Infrastructure

Static Site

Common Information Exchange Architecture:

Experiment

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Common Information Exchange Architecture:

Experiment Results

Common-Data Model Enables - Integration of Data-in-Motion sources - Integrations of legacy systems via gateway - Flexibility - Data Filtering Enabled - Decision rules can be applied

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Common Information Exchange Architecture

App A

DLP

App B

DLP

Platform/C2 System/Sensor Combat Group A

App C

DLP

App D

DLP

Static Communications Bus

Combat Communications Bus

Platform/C2 System/Sensor Combat Group B

Combat Communications Bus

App E Data-in-RestGateway

Data Servers

DM - Data ModelApp - Application

DLP

Databases

Archives

DLP

Static Communication Infrastructure

Tactical/MobileCommunication

Infrastructure

Tactical/MobileCommunication

Infrastructure

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Thank you