Collaboratio Ops Vehicle for Emergency Response

Agenda• Background• COVER Description• COVER Advantages: 3 Areas• Team Members• Implementation• Summary

Background• The New Internet is a Well-Kept Secret

that Needs Exposure• IPv6 Demonstrates Superiority in

Operations involving Sensor Nets, Hostile Environment (IA features), Mobile Communications, E2E RealtimeTransmedia, Community Ops, Collaboration

COVER: A Possible Solution• Collaborative Operations Vehicle for

Emergency Response• Has DISA, Other Support• Advanced Concept Stage• Industry Team, Others Invited• Showcases IPv6 in Crucial Mission

Description: Traditional Command Post

Mobile Command Post: Vertical Command and Communications,

Primarily in “Push” Mode

This Is What COVER is NOT

Problems With Traditional Command Post

•“Top Down” versus “Bottom Up”•Not oriented to hybrid military-civilian or allied/combined arms operations•No lateral communication •Vertical bandwidth cannot handle flood of data (TB, not KB or MB) from Net Centric Operations•No Situation Awareness/KMS “Sense Making”•No learning/training•No mission rehearsal/simulation•Operating “in the blind” at ground level

COVER Description

Primary: Collaboration Environment With Lateral and “Bottom Up” Communications

Between Many Communities of Professionals

COVER Packaging: Box to Vehicles

COVER Components• Packaging and Integration (Box ->Vehicle)• Hardware/Software

• Debabelizer (Analog RF to IP Translator)• WLAN System for Wide Area (10 km+)• Ruggedized Displays, Storage, Infrastructure• Situation Assessment & Decision Aids• Training Products (Games, Sims)• Ancillary Products (Video Grenades, UAVs,

Webcams, Optics, Bread Crumbs, Repeaters)

COVER Components (cont’d)• Services

• GIS and Information Layers• 2D/3D Terrain Databases, Photo & Animation• Training Services (Shadow Exercises)

• Research and Development• R&D Projects for US Military, DHS• EC and NATO Projects• Both Ops & Learning/Training

Description (cont’d)• Connects military with civilian/allies/police/fire/CNBRE

Ops• Establishes broadband WLAN• Lateral extreme bandwidth communication• Collaboration between different teams• Embedded Situational Training/Simulation• Turns 2D/3D data into Information & Knowledge• Establishes and manages networks• ONLY POSSIBLE WITH NEW INTERNET (IPv6)

Advantages: 3 Main Function Areas

• 1) Communications: Establish Lateral Communications and Collaborative Community

• 2) Situation Assessment: Horizontal Fusion of Massive Amounts of Data from Net Centric Operations

• 3) Information Assurance: Advanced Network Establishment and Management

Communications (Area 1)COVER Establishes Broadband Communications and

Enables Collaborative Community

Advantages of IPv6:Discovery of Location and Identity of All ParticipantsAll Communication is IP based (Allows COTS Apps)Internet Security With Multiple Levels of AccessNet Centric Operations -- Many People and Sensors all Have

Dynamic IP AddressesEnd-to-End, Peer-to-Peer and Machine-to-Machine for

Realtime Updates of Situations and Assessments

Communications: At Present•Soldiers, Firemen, Police, Federal (FBI, FEMA), DHS (Hazmat) on different analog equipment, unaware of

each other

Joint Military-Agency Teams Today• Poor Communication, Tools• Confusion Vulnerability

Communication: At Present

•No Planning, Display, Coordination Tools•Quote of LAPD Lieutenant: “We hoped we

would have a dusty patrol car so we could draw diagrams on it!”

Communication: With COVER• Soldiers, Law Enforcement, Federal Authority,

Allies all on Common Digital Devices, All With IP-based Communications

COVER: Establish WLAN• COVER Establishes Wide IPv6 WLAN Bubble

COVER Discovery in Action• WLAN Bubble “Discovers” All Players in Area

Discovery: Identification & Security

Discovery: Communities/Groups• IP Addresses Assigned by Groups, Security Levels• Collaboration, Training Across/Within Groups

Importance of Community• Operations

• Professionals function better in Communities of Practice (CoPs)

• Proven supportive functions in crisis situations

• Learning and Training• Situated Learning superior in CoPs• Familiar hierarchical interactions• Facilitates quick collaboration

• COVER supports Communities AND “Portal”• Portal is Similar to Common Home Page

Summary: Communications• COVER Supports Lateral Communications with

Identification and Location• Only with IPv6:

• Discovery of All Internet Users In Area• Internet Security Allows Dissemination of Sensitive/Secret

Data at Different Levels• All Users and Sensors are Connected, In Net• Peer-to-Peer, End-to-End• Controlled Access to Other Networks

Situation Assessment (Area 2)• COVER Supports Horizontal Fusion

• IP-based Net for Situation Assessment, Visualization & Advanced Imaging

• Interpretation of Massive Amounts of Data from Net Centric Operations

• COVER Supports Decision Aids, Training• LBG (Location Based Gaming)• MR (Mixed Reality): Reality with Augmentation

• Advantages of IPv6:• All sensors and users have (multiple) IP addresses due

to massive v6 address space• Direct E2E access to sensors for controlled updates• P2P Enables Situated Learning by Teams• Better Multimedia Transmission (4GB Packets)• IP-based System Allows COTS Applications

Situation Assessment: At Present• Photos, Maps: Where are we, where are the others,

what’s happening ???

Situation Assessment: Cover•Use IPv6 webcams/antennas/sensors for realtime updates, “Instant Replay” of photos/video with Overlays

Visualization Example: “Spy Hopping”Killer Whales: Spy Hop from One World/View to

Another

Visualization: COVER•IPv6 webcams/sensors enable Ground Level and Overview Transitions, Instant Replay of photos/video with Overlays, DTG•(Animation shows launch of vidcam mini-rocket, then view from above looking down, with overlays)

Visualization (cont’d)• (Animation Shows Horizontal and Top Down Views).

Decision Aids/Mission Rehearsal

“PLATOON B, PROCEED TO MEET UP WITH DHS UNIT 34

ON 3RD STREET NEXT TO MCDONALDS ASAP.”

Mission Rehearsal• (Animation Shows Moving through Streets to Objective)

COVER Situation Assessment (Summary)

• Supports Geospatial Intelligence Exploitation with IPv6 Sensornets

• Small Units Horiz. and Vertical Views• Correlate Terrain, Old and Update Data in

2D and 3D with Layers• Advanced Optical Storage, High-Speed

Pattern Retrieval for Collaboration• Process Multimedia & M2M data

Information Assurance (Area 3)• Present Situation:

• Connectivity Unknown• Quality of Service Unknown (e.g., video

streaming)• Overloads Lead to Dropouts, Delays• Attacks on System Cause Disruption

IA with COVER• Network Management

• Establish “Network of Networks”• Optimize Traffic (Leveling, Self Repair)• End-to-End Testing, Quality Assurance• Re-route, Re-prioritize nodes

• IPV6 Advantages:• E2E testing supports QoS• Dynamic Load Leveling, Prioritization

IA Example: Load Leveling

IA Example: Load Leveling

IA Example: Self Healing

IA Example: Self Healing (cont’d)

Information Assurance: Summary

• Establish, manage network• Dynamic load leveling• QoS for data, multimedia

• Dynamic control by command or macros

• Self-healing network• Supports both Human and M2M nets

Cover: The Team • KMW/Textron: CBNRE Vehicle• SDSU: GIS, Viz’n ,Shadow Exercises • Panoram: Advanced Viz’n, 3D Display• E-Team: Emergency Response Dec. Aids• InPhase: Holographic Storage• Visual Purple: Training Games & Sims• Opticality: Stereo 3D Displays• NXN: 2D/3D Collaboration Tools• Riegl: Area Scanning/3D Databases• IPv6 Association (R&D Experts)

Product Partners & Operations

InPhaseNXN

NVIDIAOpticality

SDSU

PanoramKMW/TextronVisual Purple

E-TeamPanasonic

Operations:Shadow Exercises at Prominent Events Nationwide

(“Johnny Appleseed” Promotion of New Internet)

Training:Interactions in Simulations to gain Learning/Experience

Research & Development:COVER is “Mobile Lab” for Ops and Training Concepts,

New/Adapted Hardware and Software Systems

Reasons for COVER• Demand for mobile anti-terrorism, crisis

response system• National Guard, NORTHCOM, SOCOM, FBI

• Great demonstration for IPv6 capabilities• Dramatic, clear, worthy of news coverage

• Satisfies DISA, Other Agency Missions• Promote New Internet, Homeland

Defense, Scalable Pilot Projects, Near/Far Payoffs

Possible COVER Users• USANG • SOCOM, NORTHCOM, etc.• NATO, Other Nations• State and Local Law Enforcement• Federal Agencies• Civilian/Private: Oil Companies

Action Items

• COVER Development Stages• Phase 1: Concept Demonstration• Phase 2: Training, Limited Ops• Phase 3: Fielded Ops & Training System

• DISA, Other Support• Industry Participation Invited• Proposals for R&D, Concept Demos

Initial COVER Demonstrations• “Shadow Operations”, e.g., Super

Bowl, Sports Venues, Major Cultural Events

• Available for News Media Demos• Demonstrate Feature Options for

Police Chiefs, Mayors, First Responders (“Fly Before Buy”)

Summary• COVER: the Potential to be

• “Game Shifter” for the New Internet• Focus for Commerial Products,Services• Specific Homeland Defense Application

• High Potential, Low Investment Costs• Much R&D Done by Industry• Leverage COTS/GOTS (Dec. Aids,

Training, GIS Resources, etc.)• Scalable Trials for DoD Decisionmaking

COVER WILL

• Use the Power of the New Internet to Protect our Homeland

• Save Lives• Enable Our Soldiers• Save Our Fighters

Collaboration Ops Vehicle for Emergency Response

For Further Information, Please Contact:

• Mr. Christopher Harz • COO, Harz Network Systems• Email: harznet@charter.net

• Dr. Eric Frost• Professor, San Diego State University• Email: eric.frost@sdsu.edu

• Mr. David Coe • PM, Defense Information Systems Agency• Email: coed@ncr.disa.mil