Comms Switching and Control Sys

Abstract

(U) Network Planning & Management (NPM), formerly Joint Network Management System (JNMS), is a portfolio of communications planning and Network Management applications for use throughout the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). NPM includes the Systems Planning Engineering and Evaluation Device (SPEED). NPM provides the MARFOR (Marine Forces) component planners with the ability to conduct high-level planning; detailed planning and engineering; monitoring; control and reconfiguration; and spectrum planning and management in support of Combatant Commander (COCOM) and Commander, Joint Task Force (CJTF) operations. SPEED provides High Frequency (HF) predictions, Line of Site (LOS) propagation, Radio Coverage Analysis (RCA), Satellite planning, Command and Control Personal Computer (C2PC) track interface, interference and de-confliction analysis, spectrum management, Radio Guard Charts, Comm-On-The-Move (COTM), and T/E (training & education) and force structure management. (U) Transition Switch Module (TSM): consists of three systems that provide a flexible Unit Level Switch that replaces legacy Tri-Tac switches with current commercial technology, providing maneuver elements with improved voice/data switching, data transport and bandwidth management capabilities. This program maintains USMC joint interoperability as all Services transition to Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) switching technologies. (U) Expeditionary Command and Control Suite (ECCS): Will provide reach back capability to the Global Information Grid (GIG) to access the Defense Switch Network (DSN), Defense Information System Network (DISN) Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET), Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNET), and DISN Video Services (DVS), enabling a small advance force/liaison team to communicate with a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF), Joint Task Force (JTF) or other Joint Force Commander, and to maintain situational awareness. (U) Tactical Data Network (TDN) Gateway (GW): The TDN GW is a shelter system mounted on a Heavy-High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (H-HMMWV) and is the data communication connection between external and internal Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) networks. It provides the Wide Area Network (WAN) connection point and is the hub of the Local Area Network (LAN) architecture. The LAN is extended via the Data Distribution System (DDS), which is the TDN server variant of the TDN GW. TDN GWs and DDSs provide data transfer and switching services, subscriber access and mobile host support. A GW can operate from the SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED (SBU) up to the SECRET level and contains an integral NSA Type 1 Inline Network Encryption (INE) device capable of supporting tunneling. (U) Tactical Data Network (TDN) Data Distribution System - Modular (DDS-M): The DDS-M provides the commander a modular, integrated, and interoperable Internet Protocol (IP)- based LAN and WAN data networking capability that forms the data communications backbone and data communications support to organizations within a MAGTF. The DDS-M provides extension of the Defense Information System Network (DISN), Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet), and Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNet) as well as a Coalition networking capability and access to strategic, supporting establishments, joint, and other service component tactical data networks for Marine Corps Tactical Data Systems (TDSs) and other DDS-Ms. The DDS-M provides Marine Corps maneuver elements with a modular and scalable IP data transport capability that will replace, supplement and be used with existing legacy data systems through the integration of computers, routers, data switches and cabling, Enhanced Position Location and Reporting System (EPLRS) radio net interface units, MODEMS, link encryption devices, and patch panels. Uninterrupted Power Supplies (UPS) provide for emergency power and continuity of operations. The DDS-M can operate from the SBU up to the TOP SECRET (TS)/SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION (SCI) level and contains integral In-line Network Encryption (INE) device supporting IP Security (IPSec) and Virtual Private Networking (VPN). (U) Warfighter Network Tactical (WFN-T): WFN-T is a portfolio of systems of tactical network programs. Starting In FY 2012, WFN-T is broken out into three separate programs: TDN DDS-M, TDN Gateway, and Joint Enhanced Core Communications System (JECCS). WFN-T provides a standard data and voice architecture for voice, Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet), Non-Classified Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNet), coalition, data, and video services that is interoperable with Joint communications systems. Specifically, it provides interoperability with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) net-centric Global Information Grid (GIG) convergence architecture, provides network optimization (accelerators) to best utilize precious satellite and terrestrial bandwidth, replaces copper and fiber optic cable infrastructure assemblies that are outdated, provides Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) that efficiently shares the IP transport data, and provides multi-level security cross-domain solutions mandated by the DISA GIG IP convergence (black core). (U) Joint Enhanced Core Communications System (JECCS): Formerly known as First In Command and Control System (FICCS). JECCS is the Joint Task Force (JTF) enabler ''first in'' integrated, processor-controlled communications and management system that provides C2 capabilities supporting a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) deployment ashore of the early phases of a deployment by a larger command element such as a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) or JTF Commander's mission into an Area of Operation. The JECCS is easily scalable and capable of "fly-away" deployment. It is a system of systems composed of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) and Government Off-the-Shelf (GOTS) equipment. It provides the primary interface between subscriber equipment/systems and the long-haul multi-channel transmission systems. The JECCS facilitates secure and non-secure voice and data communications, switching functions, network routing, and management functions. The JECCS augments the current and planned communications architectures and provides technical control and network management services for the broad range of switching and radio connectivity requirements. (U) Digital Technical Control (DTC): DTC and other communications are a switch network infrastructure which provides voice, SIPR, NIPR, coalition, data, and video services. DTC provides the deployed warfighter with a standard data and voice architecture that is interoperable with joint and other services' communications systems. Prior to FY 2012, funding for DTC was included in PU C2275, Legacy Communications/Electronics.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: 2276_0206313M_7_1319_PB_2012

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Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Computer Networking
• Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Microelectronics
• Space