European SDR for wireless in joint security operations EULER project Euler consortium EULER general presentation

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1 European SDR for wireless in joint security operations EULER project Euler consortium EULER general presentation

2 Goal The EULER -project aims to define and demonstrate the benefits of SDR in enhancing interoperability and fast deployment in case of national and international joint emergency service operations. 2

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4 Facts Activity 4 : Restoring security and safety in case of crisis Topic : Wireless communication for E.U crisis management Integration project Name: EULER Conducting the proposal: THALES France Duration: 3 years, Starting date 01/03/2009 Total cost: 15,5 M Consortium: involves Business groups in both Security and HLS Radio (SDR) area SMEs Research centres and universities EULER collaborative research project gathers main European actors to demonstrate how the benefits of Software Defined Radio can be leveraged in order to enhance interoperability and fast deployment in case of crisis needed to be jointly resolved. 4

5 Vision The EULER -project will shape and clarify the European vision for interoperability in joint emergency and security services in close cooperation with E.U. stakeholders in the field of security forces management. 5

6 Software Defined Radio Drivers New capabilities with SDR Operational requirements Joint Operations with different agencies (possibly from different Countries) Public safety organizations operate in unpredictable conditions also from the point of view of spectrum availability (interferences) Public safety operations are usually unplanned and communications infrastructures may not be available. Public Safety operators may not have the interoperable terminals with the wireless networks existing in the emergency area. Evolving Technologies and standards may cause the existing wireless equipment to become obsolete. Limited budget for infrastructure/quipment upgrade Different levels of security among agencies Required capabilities Interoperability Flexible Spectrum Management Reconfigurability Backward compatibility with legacy equipment Software upgrade vs. hardware upgrade. Support for multilevel security. 6

7 Drivers Mobile broadband for PSC Euler provides wireless broadband networking capabilities for security and resque personnel 7

8 Approach The EULER-project will propose a new high-data-rate waveform for emergency and security operations, strengthen and mature ongoing efforts in Europe in the field of SDR standardization, provide proof-of-concept waveform implementation and portability on several software defined radio platforms and realize an integrated demonstrator targeted towards end-users. 8

9 Project structure 9

10 Community The EULER -project gathers major industrial players in Europe in the field of wireless systems communication integration and software defined radio as well as academic research institutes and is supported by a strong group of end-users. 10

11 End user involvement The methodology that the EULER consortium intends to follow regarding end-users consultation and requirements collection: a survey of each end-user's current communications services and level of knowledge of emerging relevant technologies. followed by the presentation of a cross-border crisis scenario that is based on a real past event, but customized specifically for each end-user. The end-user's requirements regarding communications interoperability (both at the technical and the operational/procedural level) would then be collected using a multiple-choice questionnaire. The results would then be consolidated and harmonized across all the members of the end-users committee and used as guidelines for the security research activities inside the EULER project. We expect to repeatedly animate these end-user interactions 3 times per year, each time refining the questionnaire to better understand your present and future needs At the end of the EULER project an end-users workshop will be realized, where the results of the end-user surveys will be presented, together with a demonstration of the EULER project's technical achievements. 11

12 Capture the user requirements 12

13 Define the system architecture Transfer the end user requirements into technical requirements Provide the definition of the communication system architecture: high-level protocols, services and interfaces to integrate heterogeneous networks. Provide supporting waveform functional requirements 13

14 Define the SDR platforms ESRA specification extension and maturation: SDR standardization is still a work in progress, especially in the scope of better supporting portability, specialized devices (DSPs and FPGAs), and also in the specification of general enough hardware abstraction layers (an example being the so-called Transceiver capability). The aim to realize a high-data-rate portable waveform emphasizes these needs, because of the implied important use of the DSP and FPGAs specialized devices for performance reasons. Derive from P&GS information and communication assurance requirements the constraints on the architecture of the SDR embedded platform define architectural strategies to answer them, prototype and integrate them Provide a wideband flexible RF frontend and power amplifier, Investigate and evaluate the strategies for highly-optimized ESRA implementation, and perform its integration on the SDR platforms. 14

15 Define the SDR platforms SDR digital hardware supplier Operating Environment provider Radio front-end provider ESRA std recommendations SDR platform provider 15

16 Define the waveform SDR waveform design, specification and development for two high data rate waveforms according to a common architecture provided by ESRA 16

17 System integration Gather all the necessary equipments and integrate them by carrying out the required engineering operations, in order to obtain an infrastructure of heterogeneous wireless networks which will be used in WP7 to demonstrate at small scale: The added value of an ESRA standardized SDR concept to achieve end-to-end interoperability. The feasibility of a high data-rate security waveform. Provide technical and engineering support in order to maintain the SDR/COTS based wireless network during the performance of the use cases or demonstration scenarios 17

18 EULER Demonstration 18

19 Dissemination Transform the vision of the project into reality by communications, standardisation, education and marketing. Push forward the improvement of Public & Governmental Safety wireless communication systems towards evolvement, interoperability, and openness while providing information assurance. Attract interest in the community by Shaping perspectives for implied new operational capabilities, and highlight them with a system demonstrator. Shaping perspectives on benefits for adoption of EULER demonstrated technology. Providing the information to E.U level stakeholders and end-users in a coordinated fashion. Identify and roadmap complementary actions to push Euler results to standardisation roads Existing specifications OMG-SDR, SCA ETSI SDR Group, SDR Forum, ESRA 19

20 EULER Timeline 20

21 EULER Partners THALES Communications SA Elektrobit EADS Secure Networks SAS Supélec-Rennes EADS Astrium Ltd Joint Research Center Budapest University of Technology and Economics IMEC Elsag Datamat Prismtech Selex-Communications Telespazio Rohde & Schwarz Centre for Wireless Communications University of Pisa Saab communications T.N.O Indra 21

22 Euler partners THALES Communications (FR) Project coordinator FinMeccanica (IT) Selex-Communications Telespazio Elsag Datamat EADS (Fr, UK) EADS Secure networks Astrium UK Indra (SP) SAAB Communications (Swe) Elektrobit (FI) Rohde & Schwarz (GE) SMEs Prismtech (UK) Research centers JRC (EU) TNO (NL) IMEC (BE) Universities labs University of Pisa (IT) Center for Wireless comms (FI) University of Budapest (HU) Supélec-Rennes (Fr) 22

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