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Per request of the Joint Program Executive Office, Joint Tactical Radio System,the Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) Reference Implementation Laboratory
(RIL) will host a WNW Interoperability Quicklook (WIQ) laboratory event at one
of the Space and Naval Warfare System Centers (SSC). The objective of this
event is to provide vendors the opportunity to test their platforms in a
heterogeneous network and to serve as a cost-effective risk reduction exercise
for upcoming networking waveform evaluation to be held as a part of the Army
Network Integration Exercise at White Sands. The lab test is expected to
include JTRS Program of Record (PoR) and non-JTRS PoR developers that are
willing to provide suitable (i.e., suitable for integration and field use)
WNW-capable hardware and necessary support personnel.
Testing is expected to commence mid to late January 2012 at a JTRS lab located
at either SSC-Atlantic (SSC-LANT, Charleston, SC) or at SSC-Pacific (SSC-PAC,
San Diego, CA). Testing is expected to last two weeks and will be comprised of
two phases. The first phase of testing will provide an evaluation of each
vendors level of interoperability. If a vendor meets a pre-determined set of
entrance criteria (to be provided with the test plans discussed below), the
vendor will be allowed to participate in phase two of the WIQ. Phase two of
testing will evaluate the stability and performance of a multi-vendor
heterogeneous WNW network using encryption keys. A number of test cases will
be designed and offered to participants at the event. Participants will be
permitted to select the tests in which they wish to participate. Results of a
particular vendors testing will not be provided to other vendors and
proprietary information will be protected.
The JTRS Enterprise Network Manager (JENM) will be used to create
configurations for the AN/VRC-107 radio and a plain-text version of the Radio
Mission Data set (RMDS) will be distributed to all participants for evaluation
and integration prior to the test event. A cut sheet that specifies IP schema,
frequency, and WNW configurations will be distributed with the RMDS prior to
the event.
Further details about test dates, resources required, location, scenarios,
initial test plans and a questionnaire designed to provide the Government with
information on the current standing of each vendors WNW capabilities, will be
sent out by 9 January 2012 for vendor review and feedback. Interested parties
should contact Brett Bendt at SSC-LANT (
[email protected]) no later than 9
January 2012 in order to receive a copy of this package.
If you have any questions about anything contained in this notice, please
contact Diane Thornewell at
[email protected].
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