EDCS Equipment and Vehicle Description in the Physical Environment

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EDCS Equipment and Vehicle Descriptionin the
Physical Environment

• SEDRIS Organization
• WG8 Meeting
• 20 - 24 August, 2001

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Overview

• The Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS)
  (IEEE 1278) community currently uses an Entity
  and Bit-Encoded Value (EBV) specification for
  describing information being passed in protocol
  data units (PDUs)
• For business case reasons the SEDRIS Organization
  has begun work to replace EBV with EDCS to
  improve simulation interoperability.
• This Presentation objective is to
• Provide a brief background on the DIS EBV
  specification
• Characterize the scope of the EDCS additions, and
  their rationale
• Demonstrate example additions of how ECCs and
  EACs would work together to replace the EBV
  specification

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Enumeration Bit Encoded Values (EBV)

• Authority Enumeration and Bit-Encoded Values
  for Use with Protocols for Distributed
  Interactive Simulation Applications accompanies
  IEEE Standard 1278.1-1995 IEEE Standard
  1278.1A-1998, August 13, 2000
• Content Specifies the numerical values and
  associated definitions DIS PDU fields which are
  identified as enumerations in IEEE 1278.1-1995
• EBV replacement results in significant EDCS code
  additions in the following areas
• Vehicles
• Equipment
• Supplies
• Expendables
• Life Forms
• Munitions

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EBV Information Categories

• Entity Information / Interaction
• Platform
• Munition
• Life form
• Environmental
• Cultural feature
• Supply
• Radio
• Expendable
• Sensor/Emitter
• Warfare
• Logistics
• Radio Communication

• Simulation Management
• Distributed Emission Regeneration
• Entity Management
• Minefield
• Synthetic Environment
• Simulation Management with Reliability
• Live Entity
• Non-Real Time
• Experimental - Computer Generated Forces

Category names are exactly as used in EBV. For
explanation of each category, see the EBV
document.
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Entity Information/Interaction with Sample Data

• Platform
• Entity Kind - Land
• Entity Kind - Air
• Entity Kind - Surface
• Entity Kind - Subsurface
• Entity Kind - Space
• Munition
• Life form
• Environmental
• Cultural feature
• Expendable
• Expendable - Air
• Expendable - Surface
• Expendable - Subsurface
• Sensor / Emitter

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Plans and Recommendations

• Plans
• The content and style of this report be used for
  future EBV-like content capture
• Report will be presented to EBV users at the
  September SISO Workshop
• SEDRIS Organization will continue work to expand
  EBV coverage and submit as future comments.
• Recommendations
• WG8 accept this report as material to be added to
  the next release of the EDCS for comment.
  (acronyms / abbreviations /symbols need reviewed
  / relocated)
• WG8 members consider adding similar content,
  reflecting national interests, as future EDCS
  comments.