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European Secure SOftware defined Radio EC workshop on "SDR and CR standardization and certification" JRC - ISPRA, 17-18 November 2011
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Agenda
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. ESSOR Programme strategic aim Participating States Status of the ESSOR Programme ESSOR Contract ESSOR Perspectives on SDR Status of Activities The future Conclusions
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1. ESSOR Programme strategic aim
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Strategic aim
The aim of the ESSOR Programme is to provide the basis for development and production of Software Defined Radio (SDR) products in Europe to meet the requirement for fielding such equipment in Europe within the timeframe of 2011-2015 (depending on National SDR Programmes roadmaps) .
Focus on SDR technology European initiative to improve know how Security considered as a key topic
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Expected Main Outcomes

The ESSOR Programme will provide a common architecture, shared by the Participating States, that defines the framework for the development of radio platform software and associated security elements. This architecture is key to interoperability, portability and will promote the development of SDR equipment in Europe. Interoperability and Portability will be tested through the development of a waveform with advanced communication characteristics, the HDR WF.
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2. Participating States
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Participating States
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Finland European Secure SOftwaredefined Radio France Italy Poland Spain Sweden
www.occar-ea.org/programme/ESSOR questions-essor@occar.int
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Participating States expectations

To improve interoperability between EU Members States, the USA and NATO, and public safety/homeland security communication systems by the means of:
Deployment of SDR concepts, architecture and technologies Deployment of common Information Security Architecture Definition and validation of new coalition waveforms (WF) to be used in future Network Enabling Capability (NEC) operations
To master SDR architectures and technologies in Europe in order to:

Facilitate WF (Waveform) portability between different SDR products Facilitate the future development of new generations of SDR products Maintain a competitive offer in Europe
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3. Status of the ESSOR Programme
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Integration phase
ESSOR is an EDA Ad hoc Category B Programme (Decision of the EDA Steering Board on 26 February 2007). Decision to integrate the ESSOR Programme into OCCAR made by the OCCAR Board of Supervisors (OCCAR BoS) on 5 June 2007. Technical Arrangement (TA) to the European Research Grouping Arrangement No 1 to the EUROPA Memorandum of Understanding related to ESSOR signed on 18 December 2008. On 18 December 2008, the representatives of the Participating States (ES, FI, FR, IT, PL, SE, SE) signed the ESSOR Programme Decision: OCCAR-EA became officially the Contracting Authority for the ESSOR Programme. Contract No. ESSOR.09.DEV.001 signed on 19 December 2008 between the OCCAREA Director and the a4ESSOR President after several rounds of negotiation between the Govt Negotiation Team (OCCAR-EA + PS) and the 6 selected Industry National Champions. Contract activities started on 1 January 2009 (T0).
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Relationships Scheme
Information Exchanges PD
TA
Contract
Shareholder a4ESSOR SAS agreement
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4. ESSOR Contract
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ESSOR Industries
a4ESSOR SAS Joint Venture is the Prime Contractor. Shareholder Agreement between the six following Main subcontractors:
Elektrobit (Finland); Thales Communications & Security (France); Selex Elsag (Italy); Radmor (Poland); Indra (Spain); and Saab (Sweden).
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Contract overview (1/4)

The contract will use national radio Platforms (PTF) as the basis for the application of the ESSOR Architecture onto which the HDR Base WF will be ported. The results will be 6 national target HDR WF developed from a common HDR Base WF running on 6 different national radio PTF with a common ESSOR architecture. The radios will be interoperable when using the HDR WF. Common products (ESSOR Architecture and HDR Base WF) are developed and funded as a common activity.
Based on a collaborative model amongst 6 companies working as a joint team
Non-common products (the modified PTF and Target HDR WF) are developed for, and funded by, every single PS. OCCAR
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Elaboration and validation of a joint secure architecture for SDR, based on the SCA:
Referential system & secure architecture shared at European level.
Elaboration and validation of a coalition secure networking waveform:

First multinational HDR waveform designed for secure interoperability in terrestrial operations.
Option for specification of certification tools.
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Common activities
ESSOR architecture HDR WF specification HDR Base WF development Multinational validation
Non Common Activities

ESSOR architecture implementation on national PTF HDR Target WF implementation on national PTF
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2010 ESSOR Architecture definition 2010
High Fidelity Simulations
HDR WF Specification
WF Specification Elaboration
Design Methodology HDR Base WF

ESSOR ARCHITECTURE (APIs & OPERATING ENVIRONMENT)
2011
Base WF Development Base WF Porting
Native Test Environment
ESSOR AL(*)
ESSOR AL(*)
ESSOR AL(*)
6 NC different SDR Platforms updated to ESSOR Architecture
HDR Target WF
ESSOR AL(*)
2012
HDR Target WF
ESSOR AL(*)
HDR Target WF
ESSOR AL(*)
2011
HDRWF ported on 6 NC SDR Platforms updated to ESSOR Architecture
2013
(*) AL: Abstraction Layer and APIs
Multinational Validation
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5. ESSOR Perspectives on SDR
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ESSOR Perspectives on SDR

ESSOR Program addresses the following topics
Definition and development of a new High Data Rate WF (HDRWF) for Ad-Hoc mobile network for Land Applications in order to achieve Interoperability between the coalition forces. Definition of an SDR Architecture in order to facilitate WF Portability amongst the six different National SDR Platforms.
Legacy WF 1
ESSOR HDRWF WF Portability
Legacy WF n
WF Application
SCA FOR ESSOR APIs Voice Abstraction Layer Radio HW Platform 1 Abstraction Layer Radio HW Platform 2
SDR Platform Voice
Data
Data
WF Interoperability
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Goals on SDR Architecture

ESSOR Participating States (PS) and Industries have recognized since a long time the outstanding benefit of the SCA as a de facto Procurement Specification / Standard for SDR in Military Business. The goal of the ESSOR Program is to extend the public part of the SCA in order to achieve WF Portability amongst the ESSOR Participating States, maximising the compatibility with the open parts of the SCA. Under ESSOR Participating States control, the goal of the ESSOR Program is also to make public these SCA extensions in order to achieve further SDR Standardisation.
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SDR Architecture Main Parts

In order to achieve WF Portability, SDR Architecture shall address Std APIs definition between WFs and SDR Platform (composed of HW Radio Platform + INFOSEC + Abstraction Layer)
Extending Operating Environment (OE), RD, RS APIs and defining RSS APIs are the main ESSOR Program efforts
SDR Set
WF n WF2
14 different Military Waveforms Analyzed HF / VHF / UHF Frequency bands National / Coalition NB / WB
Waveforms
WF1
SDR STD API SDR PLATFORM Radio = Abstraction Layer + HW Radio Platform + INFOSEC
SDR STD API
Services (RS) Radio Security Services (RSS) Radio Devices (RD) Operating Environment (OE) (GPP, DSP, FPGA PE* with Connectivity)
Abstraction Layer (AL)
INFOSEC
Hardware Radio Platform
(*) PE = Processing Element
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ESSOR Architecture Extensions

ESSOR Architecture extends the following specifications
JTRS SCA 2.2.2 and API Release 1.0.3 WINNF Transceiver APIs ESSOR Architecture Functional Elements Execution Environment
OE
Existing Published Specifications Referenced SCA 2.2.2 GPP (CF, OS) SCA 2.2.2 CORBA on GPP JTRS MHAL on DSP / FPGA Published JTRS RD APIs WINNF Transceiver APIs Published JTRS RS APIs SCA Security Supplement for Information Only (*)
ESSOR Architecture Efforts Extensions for DSP & FPGA OE Extensions for: CORBA on DSP/FPGA MHAL DSP /FPGA RD Extensions Transceiver Extensions RS Extensions Defining High Level ESSOR Security Architecture and RSS API
Connectivity
Radio Devices (RD) Radio Services (RS) Radio Security Services (RSS)
(*) SCA Security Supplement not more supported by SCA 2.2.2 release
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OE for DSP & FPGA

ESSOR Architecture defines system components related to Operating Environments (OE) for different types of processing units, typically used for data signal processing (DSP, FPGA), and provides a specification for such environments, taking into account currently available technologies. Operating Environments are namely composed of:
Execution Environment:
Deployment of Waveform Components on Processing Elements (PE) AEP (Application Environment Profile) for DSP
Connectivity:
Logical Interconnection of deployed components, wherever located (for mutual interaction purposes) Access to RD / RS by co-located WF components
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OE for DSP & FPGA

ESSOR Architecture considers two approaches for Connectivity on DSP and FPGA: CORBA and MHAL
Both are issued from SCA achievements The choice of Connectivity is a SDR Platform provider decision
Specific profiles are being defined for usage of CORBA in DSP and FPGA environments The JTRS MHAL specification is being extended to support additional capabilities (OS tasks synchronization, etc) ESSOR Architecture identifies relationships between DSP, FPGA OEs and GPP OE
ESSOR Architecture is scalable, fitting with different classes of processing and connectivity environments
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ESSOR Radio Devices API

ESSOR RD API (*) Audio Discrete Serial Ethernet GNSS Transceiver Power amplifier Reference JTRS API AudioPortDevice API VocoderService API SerialPortDevice API EthernetDevice API GpsDevice API Considered WINNF API WINNF Transceiver Facility
MHAL RF Chain Coordinator Spec (including WINNF API Extension to MHAL API inputs)
(*) Elaborating ESSOR RD API takes into account also ESSOR Industries & ESSOR PS Background Information
For RD APIs, ESSOR mainly extends JTRS and WINNF RD APIs
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ESSOR Radio Service API

ESSOR RS API (*) Configuration SNMP Fault Management HMI Service Retransmission IP Routing Vocoder Service Time Management Reference JTRS API JTRS VocoderService API JTRS TimingService API Considered WINNF API
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(*) Elaborating ESSOR RS API takes into account also ESSOR Industries & ESSOR PS Background Information
For RS APIs, ESSOR mainly uses as foundations the ESSOR Industries & PS Background Information
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ESSOR Architecture Description

More details about ESSOR Architecture can be found into the following publication
ESSOR Architecture Motivation and Overview Wireless Innovation Forum Technical Conference December 2010
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a4ESSOR contributions to the SCA Next Initiative

At the SCA Next roll out (August 2010) Industries were invited to provide contributions in a number of areas through the WINNF SCA-Next WG for JTRS consideration The contributions were to be made via the WINNF ad hoc SCA-Next WG, a technical group mandated to channelize to JTRS proposals and optimization of the current draft specification. a4ESSOR, duly authorized by ESSOR Nations, released some ESSOR information to the WINNF SCA-Next WG in the scope of the proposed areas, aiming, as much as possible, to align/harmonize the contents of both specifications in such areas. Based on those inputs, two contributions to JTRS SCA Next have been prepared by SCA Next WG and voted within WINNF Membership (www.wirelessinnovation.org): AEP profile WINNF-11-R-0005 UltraLw corba profile - WINNF-11-R-0007 These contributions aim to complement the SCA Next, focusing on very lightweight environments, maximizing the compatibility between the two specifications. Both have been considered by JTRS for integration into final SCA Next Specs
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ESSOR Architecture Implementation

As planned into the ESSOR Programme, the ESSOR Architecture is currently implemented into the 6 different National Platforms These distinct implementations allow the porting of the ESSOR HDRWF plus additional WFs according to each Nation request These distinct implementations allow to obtain feedback on the ESSOR Architecture definition Acceptance Reviews of these implementations have already started between Industry and ESSOR-PD
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Publication of ESSOR Architecture

ESSOR-PD / Participating States and ESSOR Industries have agreed to publish progressively in 2012 the Unclassified parts of the ESSOR Architecture The publication plan will address successively the following points (detailed content and schedule of the progressive publication is under discussion)
Conditions for release, including identification of the legal clauses and selection of the appropriate Web-Site Radio Devices (RD) Radio Services (RS) Operating Environment (OE)
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HDRWF System Overview

The HDRWF network is a high data-rate multi-hop mobile ad hoc network, Management System self-organizing and self-healing.
Fill Device Security ManagementNetwork Management System (NMS) Centre (SMC)
External IP LAN/WAN
External IP LAN/WAN
HDRWF network
Inter networking functions
User host B
External IP LAN/WAN
User host A
Network nodes act as source Transmitter, destination Receiver or Relay node. Network nodes can be connected to IP external networks through internetworking functions.
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ESSOR HDR Base WF

ESSOR HDR Base WF main goals
Common HDR WF software code amongst the 6 National Champions Initially ported and validated in a common Native Test Environment to de-risk national porting phase Developed using the ESSOR Architecture APIs Supported by ESSOR Base WF Methodology for Portability
ESSOR HDR Base WF Scope
Target WF 1 (source code & executable) SDR PF 1
Base WF System Engineering WF Layered Specification Base WF System Specification
Base WF Software Engineering & Coding Base WF Software
Target porting
Target WF 2 (source code & executable)
SDR PF 2
Base WF Native Testing
Native porting
Native WF (source code & models & executable) Target WF n (source code & executable) SDR PF n
WF Simulation
*NTE
WF porting on Target PF
*NTE: Native Test Environment
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ESSOR HDR Base WF / PTF Partitioning

The HDRWF system functionalities are partitioned between
HDRWF Layer Application Scope of the Base WF The WF Functional Support Scope of the PTF implementing the selected features of the ESSOR Architecture (with API identification according to RD, RS, RSS)
WF Functional Support (from ESSOR Architecture) Scope of the PTF ESSOR Architecture APIs HDRWF Layer Subsystems (SSS)
HDRWF System (SSS)
RD RS RSS
NET LLC MAC PHY MGT
Waveform Application
HDRWF Layer Application (Scope of the Base WF)
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6. Status of Activities
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ESSOR Architecture
ESSOR Architecture Preliminary Design Review (PDR) held in July/Sept 2010. Acceptance Review of the draft standard for the ESSOR Architecture held in July/Sept 2010 based on:
ESSOR Architecture definition document; Operating Environment description; ESSOR Security Architecture definition document; Radio Devices APIs; Radio Services APIs; Radio Security APIs.
Implementation of the ESSOR Architecture on the National Platforms performed in 2011.

Acceptance Reviews already started for some National implementations
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7. The Future
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The Future
Potential follow on activities: SDR Standardization and Certification ESSOR Products technical enhancement
ESSOR Architecture ESSOR HDRWF
Support to Operational Deployment
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8. Conclusions
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Conclusions (1/2)
The ESSOR Programme is extending the public SCA specification in order to achieve WF Portability amongst the ESSOR Participating States, maximising the compatibility with the SCA 2.2.2.
ESSOR Program puts efforts on DSP & FPGA OE (Scalability), RD, RS and Security Architecture (RSS).
The ESSOR Programme is developing an advanced HDRWF for mobile ad-hoc networking in UHF band
ESSOR HDRWF modular Architecture enables Incremental Development ESSOR HDR Base WF will be ported on 6 National Platforms implementing a common ESSOR Architecture standard
The ESSOR Programme is a successfully running example of joint development between different Nations and Industries in a high cooperative manner.
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Conclusions (2/2)
ESSOR Programme was launched by 6 Participating States in December 2008, Contract activities started 1st January 2009 High expectations from the Participating States to obtain:
A HDR WF Specification Standard An ESSOR Architecture
The products are aimed at becoming operational Release of any information is under OCCAR-EA / ESSOR Participating States control. Publication of the Unclassified parts of the ESSOR Architecture is planned to be done progressively in 2012 OCCAR
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OCCAR-EA ESSOR PD
Godesberger Allee 140 D-53175 Bonn - Germany Philippe Margot ESSOR Programme Manager Tel.: +49 (0)228 5502 122 Mob: +49 (0)160 5876 520 philippe.margot@occar.int Jari Seppl ESSOR PM Support Officer Tel.: +49 (0)228 5502 107 Mob: +49 (0)160 5876 252 jari.seppala@occar.int Alfonso Aiello ESSOR Technical Specialist Tel.: +49 (0)228 5502 108 Mob: +49 (0)160 5876 531 alfonso.aiello@occar.int Leon Hernandez ESSOR Technical Specialist Tel.: +49 (0)228 5502 128 Mob: +49 (0)160 5876 350 leon.hernandez@occar.int
a4ESSOR S.A.S.
160, boulevard de Valmy BP 82-92704 Colombes Cedex-France Ugo Manetti a4ESSOR SAS - President Tel.: +33 (0)1 46 13 27 30 / Fax: +33 (0)1 46 13 22 65 Mob: +33 (0)6 71933099 / +39 335 7987384 ugo.manetti@selexelsag.com Pedro Hernandez Jimenez a4ESSOR SAS - Program Director Tel: +33 (0)1 46 13 21 97 / Fax: +33 (0)1 46 13 22 65 Mob: + 33 (0)6 72 61 93 30 phjimenez@indra.es Christian Serra a4ESSOR SAS - Technical Director Tel: +33 (0)1 46 13 23 55 / Fax: +33 (0)1 46 13 22 65 Mob: + 33 (0)6 75 65 76 60 christian.serra@thalesgroup.com
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ESSOR Programme

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a4ESSOR SAS Alliance for ESSOR

Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation

1. ESSOR Programme strategic aim

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Expected Main Outcomes

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Participating States expectations

To master SDR architectures and technologies in Europe in order to:

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3. Status of the ESSOR Programme

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Shareholder a4ESSOR SAS agreement

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a4ESSOR SAS Alliance for ESSOR

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a4ESSOR SAS Alliance for ESSOR

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Contract overview (1/4)

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Contract overview (2/4)

Elaboration and validation of a coalition secure networking waveform:

Option for specification of certification tools.

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Contract overview (3/4)

Non Common Activities

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Contract overview (4/4)

Design Methodology HDR Base WF

Native Test Environment

6 NC different SDR Platforms updated to ESSOR Architecture

HDRWF ported on 6 NC SDR Platforms updated to ESSOR Architecture

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5. ESSOR Perspectives on SDR

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ESSOR Perspectives on SDR

ESSOR HDRWF WF Portability

SDR Platform Voice

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