COMTHIRDFLT – Sea-Based Battle Lab
Partnering
In an
Operational Environment
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ROC N ROLRemote Ops Center Network Real-time Operational Links
Sea-Based Battle Lab
ROC-N-ROL
Onboard assessment of hardware, network, and operational requirements
– Wireless LAN assessment
– Initial roaming ops objectives assessment by ship staff
– COTS hardware assessment by ship staff
Demonstrate the ProcessSystems Level Approach
Completed onboard assessment of requirements• Hardware• Network• Operational
Informal Task Analysis– Education
• Our Team: Battle Flow • Ship Staff: Technology
– COTS hardware assessment by ship staff– Initial roaming ops objectives defined– Implementation plan developed
Approach
• Determine ROC operational scenarios and sensory feedback requirements for situational awareness.
CAT
JSC
CMOC
JLC ACPJPCJOC J2
CONF
ROOM
JIB
TARTS
JBT
Modularity and Flexibility
AFT FWD
JMC
Flag Quarters/ Messing
Blue Fiber Backbone
Wireless LAN
PerimeterShip’sBridge
ROC-N-ROL
Onboard Implementation of Core Technology
– Wireless Handhelds (Ipaq )
– Wireless Wearables (Charmed)
– Head Mounted Displays (Microoptical and Sony Glasstron)
– Network Web Server (Cobalt)
ROC ‘N ROL
InternetNetfortress hardware
pathway of connection between handheld WinCE devices andWin98/WinCE computers
encrypted communication (Netfortres)
existing network
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Potential contributions to long-term research questions
• Explore:– Metrics to evaluate communications success– Fundamental usability questions with ROC– Potential data visualization strategies– Situational awareness strategies– Distributed communications protocols– Multimodal sensory communication models– Role of adaptive computing
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