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Activity title:
Federated Tactical Networking
Activity Reference:
IST-202 (COM)
Panel:
IST
Security Classification:
NATO UNCLASSIFIED
Status:
Active
Activity type:
RTG
Start date:
2023-04-25T00:00:00Z
Actual End date:
2026-04-25T00:00:00Z
Keywords:
Coalition Networking, Communication Technology, DDIL, Federated Tactical Networking, Interoperability, PCN, Security, Tactical Edge
Background:
After the introduction of coalition waveforms in FMN Spiral 5, FMN Spiral 6 (due 2025) aims to introduce a concept and solution(s) for Federated Networking at the Tactical Edge. Due to mobility and DDIL characteristics of the tactical edge, existing solutions for federated communication in the static and deployed domains (such as the current standards for Protected Core Networking) are not applicable as-is. Also the field of tactical networking does not have all the solutions and standards available to provide a Federated Tactical Network. The tactical edge should be analyzed in its own right, following the approach that is presented on the FMN Roadmap:
• Define the use-cases for federated networking at the tactical edge, where mobility and DDIL aspects are taken into consideration. This includes how nations’ national (radio) equipment (running both coalition waveforms and national waveforms) and networking elements are expected to be used at the tactical edge, for example their use in multinational end-to-end information exchange (transit). It also includes the types of services that are to be supported, the security domains that should be transported and the balancing between different kinds of traffic (national vs coalition) and services.
• Define the communications architecture for the tactical edge based on the pre-defined use cases. This includes a shared red and/or black transport service to allow transport of voice and data from different security domains (national/coalition, restricted/secret). This may require the definition of a tactical profile for the PCN-1, PCN-2 and NIP interfaces. Where needed new concepts/architecture elements will be used. The interaction between operational and tactical information domains will be defined as well.
• Define the protocols (e.g. routing protocols) for the interfaces of a federated networking architecture for the tactical edge. The applied protocols should take into account the reduced bandwidth, distributed, mobility and disruptive nature of wireless links at the tactical edge.
A (scientific) study is needed to design, analyze, discuss and document possible architectures, solutions and protocol directions.
Objectives:
The scientific objective is to define the possibilities and impossibilities when it comes to enabling federated networking at the tactical edge. Aspects include routing, (network) security, and federated management of a network that is largely built of different kinds of military waveforms. Also, the different options when it comes to the federated use of and boundaries between national capabilities and coalition capabilities at the tactical edge must be investigated.
Topics:
• Identification of potential (operational and technical) goals for federated tactical networking
• Routing protocols for federated tactical networking: multicast and unicast
• Security solutions for federated tactical networking
• Management of a federated tactical network
• Quality of service provisioning for a federated tactical network
• Architecture/approaches for seamless integration of the federated tactical network with the rest of the mission network, which is based on PCN
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Created at 27/03/2023 15:00 by System Account
Last modified at 16/05/2024 06:00 by System Account
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