Modeling and Simulation Tool Evolution

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U.S. Space Force, (USSF), Space Systems Command (SSC), Communication Guidance MILSATOM (SSC/CGM) requires contract support to provide sustainment capabilities for its Modeling and Simulation Tool (MST) software analysis tool that provides supportability assessments of communications annexes to Combatant Command (CCMD) Operations Plans (OPLAN) for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS). MUOS is a dynamically allocated Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) MILSATCOM system. MST provides an evaluation framework for the Narrowband C-SSE to conduct WCDMA payload simulations, model networks (with user terminals, Radio Access Facilities, and satellites), simulate coverage and operations, and assess the performance of communications services.

The MUOS Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) Modeling and Simulation Tool is the AOTR competency that shall provide users support to Enterprise SATCOM Management & Control (EM&C); users include but are not limited to the - SATCOM Integrated Operations Division (SIOD), Electro-magnetic Interference (EMI) Watch Office, and the Narrowband Consolidated SATCOM System Experts (NB C-SSE). These agencies perform functions as the Global Narrowband Watch Office (GNWO) supporting outage and anomaly impact assessments, Regional SATCOM Support Centers (RSSC) supporting daily planning / aggregate planning analysis, and NBC-SSE staff positions supporting Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) Impact Analysis, Authorized Service Interruption (ASI) Analysis, Payload Management Analysis, Operational Plans (OPLAN) Analysis, Future Systems Analysis, and Plan to Actual Analysis. Figure 1. Depicts Conceptual Operational Diagram..

The successful candidate will maintain functional capabilities of the MST interface to serve as a cloud-based, multi-user, modeling and simulation tool for MUOS WCDMA Narrowband (NB) UHF Satellite Communications (SATCOM), capable of traffic load supportability assessments, by analysis of radio frequency, modulation techniques, and systems characteristics of Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA).

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