2004 Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop

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2004 Spring SimulationInteroperability Workshop

• Link 16 Product Development Group (Link 16 PDG)

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Link 16 PDG Spring 04 SIW Afternoon Agenda

• 1330 1400 Introduction (Joe Sorroche)
• -Welcome
• -Acceptance of Previous Minutes
• -Review of Action Items (Joe Sorroche)
• -Update on PDG Current Status
• 1400 1500 - Review of the Draft Standard
  (Joe Sorroche)
• - Solicitation and Resolution of Final Comments
  on Draft Standard (Joe Sorroche)
• 1500 1530 Break

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Link 16 PDG Spring 04 SIWAfternoon Agenda
(Contd)

• 1530 1600 Tutorial on SISO Balloting
  Process The Link 16 PDG (Joe Sorroche/Tom
  Mullins)
• 1600 1630 Motion to begin Balloting Process
  (Joe Sorroche)
• -Review Ballot Message
• 1630 1700 Meeting Wrap-up (Joe Sorroche)
• -Review of action items (Rob Byers/Tom Brown)
• 1700 Adjourn Spring 2004 SIW Meeting of Link 16
  PDG
• Meeting minutes will be taken by Dr. Rob Byers
  via telecon and Mr. Tom Brown

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Link 16 PDG Spring 04 SIWIntroductory Business

• Acceptance of Previous Minute
• Review of Action Items (Dr. Rob Byers/Joe
  Sorroche)

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SISO Link 16Product Development Group

• Introduction to
• Product Development Group

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Link 16 PDG Goals

• Create Implementable SISO Standard from TDL SG
• Nominally referred to as DIS-J and HLA-J
• Provide DIS technical solution
• Provide HLA technical solution
• Provide implementation and usage information
• Provide HLA BOM
• Provide materials to understand usage of the
  standard
• Provide guidance for eventual incorporation into
  IEEE standards
• PDG will concentrate on codifying and validating
  TDL SG identified technical solutions

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PDG Leadership

• Joe Sorroche, DMOC/ASRCC
• Link 16 PDG Chair
• Adin Burroughs, Northrop Grumman IT
• Link 16 PDG Vice Chair
• Dr. Rob Byers, Northrop Grumman IT (DMT
  Standards)
• Link 16 PDG Secretary
• Neil Barrett, JITC
• Link 16 PDG Assistant Editor
• Graham Shanks
• Link 16 PDG Assistant Editor

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PDG Membership

• Boeing
• VWC
• DMT
• Lockheed Martin
• DMT
• TACCSF
• Northrop Grumman
• Information Technology
• Integrated Systems
• Stasys
• TRW
• ASTi
• General Dynamics

• QinetiQ
• ASRCC
• SRC
• MRI
• MsTI
• 3Com
• Simulation, Inc
• APC
• CAS
• Marzen
• AMS
• Plexsys
• Raytheon

• USAF/AFC2TIG
• Australia Virtual Ship
• USAF/AFAMS
• USAF/AFRL
• USAF/ASC
• USAF/ASC-TM
• USAF/DMT
• USAF/NAIC
• USAF/TACCSF
• DMSO
• Sparta
• US Navy
• US Army
• DISA/JITC

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PDG History

• Oct 01 Formed grass roots working group after
  community response to informal inquiries
• Nov 01 Meeting at I/ITSEC
• Initial Presentation of ideas, technical
  discussion
• Decided to pursue becoming official SISO Study
  Group
• Dec 01 SISO EXCOM Approves TDL SG TOR
• Feb 02 SG Reflector, AFAMS webpage established
• Mar 02 First official meeting of TDL SG (Fall
  SIW)
• Jun 02 Interim SG meeting at TACCSF
• Jul 02 SG Meeting at Euro-SIW
• Sep 02 SG Meeting at Fall SIW
• Oct 02 Link 16 PDG Kickoff
• Nov 02 Link 16 PDG I/ITSEC Meeting
• Mar 03 PDG Meeting at Spring SIW

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PDG Current Status (Since Fall 03)

• Submitted changes to DIS-EBV
• Except for additions to Radio Category,
  Nomenclature in the Transmitter PDU
• Completed Link 16 Simulation Standard Second
  Draft
• Third Draft reviewed at Fall 03 SIW
• Minor editorial changes
• Addition of Radio Category/Nomenclature
• Clarification Correction of Spread Spectrum
  Type
• Changed JTIDS/MIDS type to 8
• Changed Input Source to 8
• Transmitter PDU text made consistent with table
• Will NATO C3A TDL ITS on 17 May 04

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PDG Current Status
continued

• Reference Implementation by Northrop Grumman IT
• Funded by USAF Agency for Modeling and Simulation
  under Joint Synthetic Battlespace Infrastructure
  Initiative
• DIS version implemented in CCD Product
• Fidelity Level 3 testing completed

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Link 16 PDGUpcoming Events

• Complete Final Draft of Link 16 Simulation
  Standard (April 04)
• Technical Methods Complete
• Final Review at Spring 04 SIW
• Form/Send Ballot Announcement
• Form Ballot Groups (May/June 04)
• Accepted as an Experiment in JEFX 04
• Will test 10 15 May 04, 12 18 July 04
• Product Approval Package (July 04?)
• Standard! (September 04?)

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Challenges with CurrentDIS/HLA Standards

• DIS Standard lacks detail for interoperability
• DIS was never finished
• No standard enumeration list for TDL types within
  DIS
• Multiple DIS implementations in the wild
• Ability to exchange TADIL J messages, no ability
  to simulate JTIDS networks
• No methodology defined for HLA

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Goals for New Standard

• Standard, interoperable implementation
• Easy initial implementation
• Minimal impact on current users, e.g. NATO SIMPLE
  Standard
• Ability to ease transition from old formats to
  new
• Effects level simulation of JTIDS net
• Ability to route datalink data separately from
  truth data
• Minimize bandwidth utilization
• Discrete definitions of fidelity
• Identify FOM/SOM data items for HLA JTIDS
  emulation

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Goals for New StandardEffects to Be Simulated

• Timeslot allocation/metering of data with nominal
  values or from an actual NDL
• Segmenting of data into NPGs
• Segmenting of data into Nets
• Multi-netting
• Crypto-netting
• Net entry procedures
• Synchronization
• Multiple NTRs

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Goals for New StandardEffects to Be Simulated
continued

• Relnav
• Multiple JTIDS units transmitting at same time
• Waveform/RF simulation
• Antenna, propagation details
• Additional JTIDS Datatypes
• Link 16 Enhanced Throughput
• VMF
• Free Text (Voice/Imagery)

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Goals for New StandardEffects Not Covered

• Individual Pulses
• Effects of conflicting pulses if hopping patterns
  coincide

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PDG On-Line Resources

• SISO Reflectors
• http//www.sisostds.org (go to reflectors)
• All discussions and documents from the SG and PDG
  are available from the reflector page
• AFAMS Hosted Discussion Server and Document
  Repository
• http//www.afams.af.mil
• Click on programs and exercises, listed on this
  page
• DMSO Reflector
• Currently not in use, has archives for Nov-Jan 01

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Link 16 PDG

• The SISO Balloting Process
• The next step for the Link 16 PDG
• Joe Sorroche, Tom Mullins

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SISO Balloting Process

• SISO Balloting Products Development Process
• SISO promotes the development of products that
  support simulation interoperability
• The SISO SAC manages the development of SISO
  Products according to the SISO Operating
  Principles, Technical Acceptance, Principles and
  Standards Principles as stated in the SISO PP.
• Operating Principles determine the overall
  conduct of the organization during the
  development of the product.
• Balloted Products Development Process (BPDB),
  SISO-ADM-003-2002
• Operating Principles
• Responsiveness and Responsibility
• Quality
• Discipline
• Fairness
• Openness
• Consensus

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SISO Balloting Process
Process
Results
Approved Product Nomination
Product Nomination
Activity Approved
1. PDG Infrastructure 2. Final Draft Product
Product Development
1.Balloting Group 2.Balloting Results 3.Balloting
Product
Product Balloting
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Balloting Process

• SISO Balloted products required formal balloting
  process to ensure community consensus
• The PDG must develop a product in the minimum
  time that represents the consensus view of the
  SISO Community
• The SISO Community must balance between rapid
  decision making and open participation
• Steps in the Balloting Process
• Form a Balloting Group
• Conduct an initial ballot
• Resolve Balloting Group Member Comments
• Conduct a Re-Circulation Ballot
• Only necessary if combined total of 75 of
  Ballots are not returned or are not Yes, without
  comments.
• Closure Activities

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Forming a Ballot Group
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Conducting the Initial Ballot
Commercial
Government
Academic
Ballot Group
PDG
Ballot Period 30 45 Days

• Create Distribution Package
• Balloted Product
• Product Nomination
• Instructions
• Additional Documentation

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Completing the Ballot
At Least 75 of ballots shall be returned for a
valid Ballot
Commercial
Government
Academic
Ballot Group
PDG
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Comment Resolution
Commercial
Government
Academic
Ballot Group
PDG
Editor Assessment
Accept as is Accept with Change Accept, Change
Needed Need more Information Hold for
Resolution Withdraw Decline
PDG Review

• Face to Face PDG Meeting
• Euro SIW 04??

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Final Resolution
PDG
Editor Assessment
PDG Review

• Resolution Codes are assigned to each comment
• Conducting a Re-Circulation Ballot
• Only if previous ballot is unsuccessful, and if
  the PDG or SAC agree that the process continue

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Process Closure
Submit Product for Final Approval
EXCOM
SAC
PDG
Editor Assessment
PDG Review
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Balloting Process

• Questions ????

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Link 16 PDG Spring 04 SIW

• Final Review of Draft SISO STD 002

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Link 16 PDG Spring 04 SIW

• Transmitter PDU
• Radio Identifier (Category/Nomenclature)
• System ID
• New Text on Byte Ordering Clarity?
• HLA BOM 1.3 vs 1516

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Link 16 PDG

• Motion to release standard to Balloting

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Link 16 PDG Wrap-up

• Action Item Review
• Review of upcoming schedule
• Volunteers for new TDL SG?
• Requests for L11A/B, SADL (EPLRS) in next TDL SG

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Link 16 PDG

• Backup Slides

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Comparison/Contrast of DIS-J to SIMPLE

• SIMPLE encompasses and wraps around DIS
• Not only TADIL, but environment as well
• TADIL-TALES is a part of DIS and HLA
• TADIL-TALES currently only addresses Link 16
• Other datalinks will be efforts of the Study
  Group over the next year
• Does not address additional needs in the
  environment generation
• TADIL-TALES addresses needs of higher fidelity
  Link 16 RF simulation