CAMMO_50_SCS_Mod_3-4_Industry_Day_2014_Script.pdf

February 13, 2014 [CAMMO SCRIPT]

CAMMO REQUIREMENTS FOR:

Communications Central, AN/FSQ-186 (Routing Subsystem)

WANIU - Wide Area Network Interface Unit

DCC - Distributed Communications Controller

ECD - Electronic Scheduling Dissemination

Cryptographic

ARS - Archival Recorder System

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Provided Timing

OAS - Orbital Analysis System

Communications Central, AN/FSQ-186

(formerly known as Routing Subsystem):

Purpose and Description

The routing subsystem provides connectivity between SAFB subsystems and Satellite

Operations Center (SOC) segments.

The routing subsystem does not provide specific technical functions such as operator/machine interfaces or alarm status.

The routing subsystem provides communication paths between subsystems and from subsystems to SOC segments, Collocated Program Elements (CPEs), Leased Common

Carrier (LCC) Government demarcations, and between SOC segments.

Required Maintenance

Preventive - systematic inspection, detection, and correction of incipient failures either before they occur or before they develop into major defects; includes tests, measurements, adjustments, and parts replacement, performed specifically to prevent faults from occurring.

Corrective - a maintenance task performed to identify, isolate, and rectify a fault so that the failed equipment, machine, or system can be restored to an operational condition within the tolerances or limits established for in-service operations.

Hardware - involves taking care of the computer's physical components, such as its keyboard, hard drive and internal CD or DVD drives. Cleaning the computer, keeping its fans free from dust, and defragmenting its hard drives regularly are all parts of a computer hardware maintenance program.

Limited Software - the modification of a software product after delivery to correct faults, to improve performance or other attributes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault_detection_and_isolation

WANIU - Wide Area Network Interface Unit:

WANIUs are proprietary communication devices which provide the WAN UDP/IP interfaces for data transport across the AFSCN and are responsible for connecting

AFSCN network users (Satellite Operations Centers) and supporting organizations

(Network Operations Centers) to the appropriate Remote Tracking Station in order to conduct Satellite Operations.

The WANIU provide the ATM functionality for the communications system. Essentially, it consists of a Channel input/output (I/O) function, a Network I/O function, a

Routine/Muxing function, and a management function.

WANIUs support data types including telemetry, command and echo, control and status, timing, and analog voice.

WANIUs also provide for multiplexing and de-multiplexing of support data through dedicated multiple input/output ports.

WANIUs support proprietary buffering, data processing and flow control to aggregate the serial data, packetize it, and send it at fixed intervals to meet latency requirements.

Software - the modification of a software product after delivery to correct faults, to improve performance or other attributes.

DCC - Distributed Communications Controller:

The AFSCN communications architecture is Node centric. Node centric means all users access the AFSCN by connecting to one of the two geographically separated nodes located at Schriever AFB, Colorado and Onizuka AFS, California. Some users are connected to both nodes to provide redundancy. The communication segment connects the two nodes with each other and all the remote tracking stations. When scheduled, the user configures the communication segment for the required connectivity to the RTS for the space vehicle contact.

The device used to perform the circuit configuration is the Distributed Communications

Controller (DCC).

The DCC is a personal computer (PC) with AFSCN provided software application located at each user location or satellite operation centers (SOC).

At the scheduled time the DCC allows the user to configure or establish the required communication circuits from the scheduled RTS to the SOC.

The user configures the communication segment to fit their individual satellite command and telemetry requirements. The user is also responsible to de-configure the communication links upon completion of the contact.

ESD – Electronic Scheduling Dissemination:

A common database that is used to access Schedule & Status information, Electronic

Scheduling Dissemination (ESD) is responsible for the scheduling of over 170 satellites supported by AFSCN.

Approximately 280 ESD workstations in use.

The legacy system consists of ~156K lines of Borland Pascal code running on Pentium

IIIs with the MS-DOS 6.22 operating system.

The ESD 2.7 hardware is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain and ESD 3.0 will replace the legacy ESD 2.7 scheduling system.

ESD 3.0 Block 1 will be designed to support up to 600 satellite contacts every day and maintain 2 weeks of scheduling data on-line, available at over 40 sites 24 hours a day.

Cryptographic:

The KIV-7 is a National Security Agency Type-1, single-channel encryptor originally designed in the mid-1990s by AlliedSignal Corporation to meet the demand for secure data communications from personal computers (PC), workstations, and FAXs. It has data rates up to

512 kbit/s and is interoperable with the KG-84, KG-84A, and KG-84C data encryption devices.

KIV-7M Speeds up to 50 Mbit/s and supports the High Assurance Internet Protocol

Interoperability Specification (HAIPIS).

The TACLANE devices are low-cost, Type 1, key-agile, In-line Network Encryptors that provide network communications security on Internet Protocol (IP) and Asynchronous

Transfer Mode (ATM) networks for the individual user or for enclaves of users at the same security level. They are typically deployed in Department of Defense (DOD) tactical and strategic networks, government agencies and their contractors.

TACLANEs allow users to communicate Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Network

(NIPRNet), Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet). TACLANEs provide encryption for IP datagram traffic. ATM traffic and IP datagrams are encapsulated in

ATM cells to support a variety of IP, ATM, and mixed network configurations.

TACLANEs can be used to overlay a secure Virtual Private Network on top of existing public and/or private network infrastructures.

ARS – Archival Recorder System:

Archival Recorder System equipment provides recording, playback, and tape dubbing capabilities to support real-time satellite operations and rehearsals.

Digital Recorder and Tape Library System (DRCDR/TLS) o The DRCDR/TLS rack consists of a TLS and two DRCDRs (A01 and A02). A laptop computer, part of maintenance support equipment, is located at the rear of the rack. A matrix switch, mounted in the top of the rack, facilitates communication between multiple external devices and rack mounted components.

o Tape Library System (TLS) is a robotic tape retrieval system providing bin storage for 32 small, medium, or mixed size D2 cassette tapes. Small D2 tapes are used for the archival application. Each small D2 tape provides 25 GB of data storage. The

TLS performs automatic loading/unloading of tape cartridges to/from the DRCDRs.

The TLS has local and remote control and monitor capabilities.

o Digital Recorder. The DRCDRs provide digital recording and playback of an aggregate data stream. The recorders are remotely controlled from the ALC. Front panel controls provide limited local control and monitor capability.

A maintenance support laptop computer, located in a storage space at the rear of the equipment rack, contains the software used to perform DRCDR maintenance and diagnostic routines.

The matrix switch, located near the top of the equipment rack, facilitates signal routing between multiple external users and equipment items and rack-mounted subassemblies.

Recorder Multiplexer/Demultiplexer. The RMDM is a bit-interleaving device that supports 32 Input/Output (I/O) channels. The RMDMs are configured with 24 Pulse

Code Modulation (PCM) (16 input/8 output) digital and 8 (4 input/4 output) analog channels. On board signal selection and conditioning features route signal traffic between the Operational Switch Replacement (OSR) and the DRCDRs. 1.3.1.2.2 Mini-Hub.

The mini-hub, also known as a repeater, is a single, rack-mounted chassis. It supports

Local Area Networks (LANs) compliant with IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet) standards and is used to connect multiple peripheral devices to a host computer.

Recorder Multiplexer/Demultiplexer Equipment:

o The RMDM rack provide physical and electrical support for the following equipment:

Two RMDMs (A01 and A09), six balanced patch panels (A02 through A07), one unbalanced patch panel (A08), a mini-hub (A11), a recorder dubbing switch

(A12), a terminal server (A13), and a Prime Power Distribution Unit (PPDU)

(A10).

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Provided Timing

The entire AFSCN legacy timing subsystem at SAFB was cut-over to the DISA-provided timing.

The new DISA-provided timing distribution equipment and connectivity to the United States

Naval Observatory (USNO) has been installed. A cut-over all the existing legacy timing signals:

1 Pulse per Second (PPS), 5 Megahertz (MHz), Inter-Range Instrumentation Group (IRIG)-Type

B (IRIG-B), and all clock timing signals to DISA-provided timing. New cabling has been installed for each of the existing timing signals from the DISA timing equipment to the user equipment. New cabling was installed and all timing signals were cut-over to the Mission

Unique Equipment (MUE) circuits and the Common User Element (CUE) circuits.

The CUE circuits include the following: the Time Data Correlation (TDC) IRIG, the stratum

2.048 MHz timing, the system IRIG fan-out sources to the 10 SAFB Wide Area Network

Interface Units (WANIUs), and the IRIG timing sources for the SAFB archival recorders.

All timing in the SAFB Communications Segment (CS) will be provided and maintained by

DISA.

OAS - Orbital Analysis System:

The following paragraph(s) describe the purpose and function of the OAS, which consists of three suites: operational, training, and backup.

The operational and training suites are located at Schriever Air Force Base (SAFB).

Operational Suite. The operational suite is used by the Orbit Analyst in the Orbit

Analysis Section to evaluate conjunctions between AFSCN primary satellites and secondary space objects and perform power and frequency RFI computations. The OAS also includes a database containing the orbital characteristics of primary and secondary space objects. Primary satellites are satellites that the Air Force is responsible for operating, secondary space objects include satellites of other organizations (public and private) and countries and items of debris, such as spent rocket bodies and inert satellites.

The OAS operational suite is comprised of a printer rack and four major equipment groups: the AAS, OIW, OAW, and the DB server group. These equipment groups communicate using a Local Area Network (LAN) wherein all equipment is connected to the network switch using an Ethernet interface.

Training Suite. The training suite is a separate set of equipment from the operational suite. The training suite simulates the operational suite as much as possible. It is used to conduct hands-on training in an unclassified environment. The equipment in the training suite is the same as the operational suite except the OAW equipment has two workstation computers for mission processing instead of three, and it does not provide live connectivity to the classified SIPRNET.