WIN-T INCREMENT 2
CW5 Leslie Cornwall (left) and MAJ Marcus Odum from the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Capabilities Manager Networks and Services examine WIN-T equipment during a WIN-T Increment 2 Engineering Field Test at Fort Huachuca, AZ. (U.S. Army photo courtesy of Program Executive Office Command, Control, and Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T).)
capability to the company commander. The SNE’s primary purpose is to provide a combat radio network extension to
“heal” tactical radio nets using the larger WIN-T backbone.
A side benefit is that the company com- mander’s vehicle becomes a lower-level node connected directly to the larger WIN-T backbone.
The SNE’s combat radio network extension was specifically designed for lower-echelon radio nets, such as Soldier Radio Waveform, Enhanced Position Location Reporting System, and Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System. These can be broken into separate networks, or fractured, because of terrain features between formations that make line-of-sight communications impossible.
EXTENDING THE NETWORK The Soldier on the ground is the Army’s greatest asset and is in many respects our most important sensor on the battlefield. Yet network users at echelons of company level and below have the greatest disadvantages.
There are myriad challenges in extending the network down to the lowest levels of the tactical formation. One of those chal- lenges is to effectively provide satellite communications (SATCOM) down to these disconnected, geographically dis- tributed lower echelons.
To help alleviate this particular issue, WIN-T Increment 2 introduces the Sol- dier Network Extension (SNE), which brings an initial SATCOM OTM
The SNE has the capability to heal that network over the SATCOM component of the WIN-T network. But, because it is a node in the WIN-T network, the company commander’s vehicle now has limited network connectivity to the tacti- cal backbone, both ATH and OTM.
FACILITATING OPERATIONS Another challenge throughout the Army formation, and a major challenge for the S-6, is network operations (NetOps): the planning, administration, management, response, initialization, and spectrum and frequency allocation of the network.
WIN-T Increment 2 introduces the framework that begins to integrate the NetOps tools behind a single standard
human computer interface, almost like a “digital dashboard.” It also marks the beginning of policy-based network man- agement of the tactical network.
The S-6 and G-6, based on the com- mander’s intent and mission execution, now have the tools to manage spectrum very much like we currently manage and prioritize indirect fires. WIN-T Incre- ment 2 also allows an unprecedented level of digital participation by the S-6 and G-6 in the military decision-making process.
Key to the planning and execution is the initial capability in the tools pro- vided to plan the network and “weight the main effort.”
As an example, if a battalion is the main effort, it can be allocated priority for mes- sage traffic by adjusting the quality of service (QoS) of the traffic in the network. If the battalion needs additional band- width, that, too, can be adjusted.
These policies can be pushed out to the WIN-T nodes remotely over the network. Once the agreed-upon policies are pushed out, the WIN-T Increment 2 network will automatically prioritize informa- tion according to precedence or category. Thus, mission-critical messages, such as 9-line medevac requests or calls for fire, receive higher priority. Vital information is delivered ahead of routine data.
This QoS, provided in part by a QoS edge device, is in addition to the standard QoS that is inherent in the current Internet Protocol Network.
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