www.euler-project.eu European SDR for wireless in joint security operations Civilian security view based on EULER programme Timo Bräysy, CWC/Univ. of Oulu EDA SDR Conference 17.-18.11.2009
Goals 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. The task is to build upon recent efforts on the SDR architecture standard shared at European level and based upon the SCA concepts. The work consists of specifying, designing and developing a security referential platform including high data rate waveforms (software defining the services, communication protocols, interfaces, algorithms, security features, spectrum use, etc. for SDR) for security applications. Contribution to the further development of SDR architecture standard to fully support decomposition of waveforms and components to the GPPs, DSPs and FPGAs. Euler provides an illustrative case of waveform portability. 2
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. 3
EULER Facts Activity 4 : Restoring security and safety in case of crisis Topic 4.2.4 : 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
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 5
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 communications (FI) University of Budapest (HU) Supélec-Rennes (Fr) 6
Why interoperability in PSC? Sample scenarios (*) Wildfire scene: Direct communication between fire fighters and aircrafts using legacy aviation waveforms Building collapse: Communication between TETRA phones of resque teams and GSM phones of victims Disaster site: Fire brigades, police, medical personnel, etc. all use their own equipment for interoperable communication. Single SDR base station handles the complexity. International resque operations (*) From Wintsec-project 7
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. 8
Drivers Mobile broadband for PSC EULER provides wireless broadband networking capabilities for security and resque personnel Operational requirements from a group of end-users. 9
Use of SDR in civilian security Critical issues to be addressed (players and their roles) Standardisation issue ETSI: EMTEL/MESA, TC-RSS Communication requirements (incl. security) EU & EDA Ongoing projects Harmonization of procedures and standards SCA, ESSOR, ESRA (WintSec) 10
The EULER-project will Approach propose a new high-data-rate waveform for emergency and security operations and its implementation for SDR following the ESRA recommendations, provide proof-of-concept waveform implementation and portability on several software defined radio platforms and realize an integrated demonstrator targeted towards end-users, strengthen and mature ongoing efforts in Europe in the field of SDR standardization. 11
ESRA framework (*) European Software Radio Architecture ESRA is an European initiative to adapt, customize and enhance the SCA Certification and standardization efforts are main objectives of the project! Key aspects include Developing SDR waveform engineering practices Expanding adoption of current technologies (*) WintSec-project 12
ESRA framework SDR Sets SDR Architectures ESRA Framework Vision & Terms of Reference State-of-the-art Analysis Recommendations Pre-normative towards ESRA 13
Motivation for ESRA Technical approach to SDR programming Wider scope than recommending *one* technology (e.g. SCA) But defining common unifying denominator Core requirements : portability Decoupling platform interfaces from programming rules Compatibility with different platform specifications Ability to have custom runtime environments for platforms, depending on their usage model. In particular, be compatible with SCA European Public Safety Services in SDR Radio Services relevant to European Crisis Management Communications. 14
EULER: Implementations Different SDR platform providers Thales, Astrium, Spectrum Different execution environments CORBA everywhere MHAL Transceiver Transceiver facility V1 implementation (SDR-Forum) 15
Euler SDR environments Portability exercise on three different SDR platforms! 16
EULER contributions to ESRA: Definition of 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 PSC information and communication assurance requirements the constraints on the architecture of the SDR embedded platform Define architectural strategies to answer, prototype and integrate them Investigate and evaluate the strategies for highly-optimized implementations and perform its integration on the SDR platforms. 17
EULER Demonstration 18
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