MIDS JTRS Training (Design, Operations and Planning)

Commitment 3 Days, 7-8 hours a day.
Language English
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Delivery Options Instructor-Led Onsite, Online, and Classroom Live

COURSE OVERVIEW

MIDS JTRS Training (Design, Operations, and Planning) and Maintenance is a three (3) day training course focusing on MIDS JTRS planning, network design, and operations. Participants will learn about Link 16 and MIDS JTRS terminals and concentrate on new features, using SDR and software-programmable radio and, JTRS advanced networking waveforms such as Joint Aerial Network-Tactical Edge (JAN-TE) requirements.

MIDS JTRS terminal enables enhanced operational effectiveness by utilizing software applications for expanded capability.

WHAT'S INCLUDED?
  • 3 days of MIDS JTRS Training (Design, Operations and Planning) with an expert instructor
  • MIDS JTRS Training Electronic Course Guide
  • Certificate of Completion
  • 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completing this MIDS JTRS Training (Design, Operations and Planning) course, learners will be able to meet these objectives:

  • Identify the motivating factors behind Link 16 and MIDS-JTRS
  • Define the key features of MIDS-JTRS
  • Identify challenges in Link 16 planning, operation and management and to address them
  • Sketch the Link 16 and MIDS-JTRS network architecture
  • List the functional requirements, operational requirements, security and performance targets for MIDS-JTRS
  • Specify MIDS-JTRS radio operations and protocols
  • Summarize the MIDS-JTRS system acquisition and session setup procedures
  • Explain advanced MIDS-JTRS planning, management and operational aspects
  • Describe the key operational scenarios for LMIDS-JTRS deployment
  • List Interoperability issues with fielded MIDS-LVT terminals
  • Discuss backward-compatibility with legacy communication systems to exchange tactical picture information in real time
CUSTOMIZE IT
  • We can adapt this MIDS JTRS Training (Design, Operations and Planning) course to your group’s background and work requirements at little to no added cost.
  • If you are familiar with some aspects of this MIDS JTRS (Design, Operations and Planning) course, we can omit or shorten their discussion.
  • We can adjust the emphasis placed on the various topics or build the MIDS JTRS (Design, Maintenance, Operations and Planning) course around the mix of technologies of interest to you (including technologies other than those included in this outline).
  • If your background is nontechnical, we can exclude the more technical topics, include the topics that may be of special interest to you (e.g., as a manager or policymaker), and present the MIDS JTRS Training (Design, Maintenance, Operations and Planning) course in a manner understandable to lay audiences.
AUDIENCE/TARGET GROUP

The target audience for this MIDS JTRS Training (Design, Maintenance, Operations and Planning) course:

  • This course is suitable for operators, engineers, and other Link 16 professionals (beginners and experts) who would like to understand better these complex changes and the future of Link 16.
CLASS PREREQUISITES

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this MIDS JTRS Training (Design, Maintenance, Operations and Planning) course are:

COURSE SYLLABUS

Overview of Link 16 and MIDS JTRS
  • Overview of Link 16
  • What is JTIDS / MIDS?
  • MIDS JTRS Architecture
  • Frequencies & Waveform
  • Message Packing
  • Link 16 Access Modes
  • Link 16 Networks
  • Link 16 Network Structures
  • J-Series Messages
  • Role of Software Defined Radio (SDR) in Link 16 Terminals
Link 16 End Users Terminals
  • Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS)
  • MIDS-LVT (Low volume terminal): LVT (1), LVT(2), or LVT(3)
  • MIDS-JTRS (Joint Tactical Radio System Terminals)
  • MIDS JTRS Components: Link-16, J-Voice, and TACAN functionality
  • MIDS-LVT with Block Upgrade 2 (BU2)
  • Crypto Modernization
  • Programmable Crypto
  • Link-16 enhanced throughput (ET)
  • Link-16 frequency remapping (FR)
  • JTRS Software Communication Architecture (SCA)

MIDS JTRS Signal Processing

  • Security and encryption
  • Secure Data Unit
  • Communications modes
  • Reed-Solomon Encoding and Decoding
  • Error correction
  • Cyclic Code Shift Keying (CCSK)
  • Continuous Phase Shift Modulation
  • Principles behind MSK
MIDS JTRS Network Planning and Management
  • TDL management and operation
  • Embedded in Integrated Avionics F-35
  • Multi-Channel Terminals
  • MIDS JTRS
  • Weapons and Small Platform
  • Link 16 Terminal Modernization
  • Network planning
  • Participation group communities
  • MIDS JTRS network design
  • MIDS JTRS network management
  • MIDS JTRS system integration
  • MIDS JTRS operations
  • MIDS JTRS frequency operations and management
MIDS JTRS Network Design and Capacity Calculation
  • Network design principles
  • Capacity models and calculation
  • Multi-Net
  • Track and NPG capacity modeling and calculations
  • Time Slot (TS) block assignment
  • Initial planning process
  • Pre-mission planning
  • MIDS JTRS architecture planning
  • Network roles and responsibilities
MIDS JTRS System Life Cycle Planning and Management
  • The TDL life cycle
  • Successful robust TDL network
  • TDL optimization and interoperability
  • Integration between participating platforms
  • successful integration at both physical and data levels
  • Battle space Management process
  • Long Range Planning
  • Data Link Operations Center (DLOC)
  • Understanding different types of platforms
  • Estimating ranges
  • Other national and international agreements
  • Primary link
  • Multi-Link architecture
  • Link 11 and Link 16
  • Short Range Planning
  • OPTASK link (OTL) messages
  • JTIDS Forecast Report (JFAR)
  • Liaisons
  • Mission planning
Configuration of MIDS JTRS Terminals 
  • Allocations of Link 16 STN, ID Set, and time on/off task
  • Link 16 design
  • Link 16 network initialization
  • Link 16 Network Management System (NMS)
  • Network Time Reference (NTR)
  • Synchronizing with an External Network Time Reference
  • Synchronization
  • Time quality
  • Active and passive Synchronization
  • External Time Reference Network (ETRN)
  • System Time Reference Network (STRN)
  • Monitoring and managing network
  • Compliance monitoring
  • Link 16 network health
  • Issues joining a network
  • Relay status
  • Interoperability
  • Radiation restrictions
  • Frequency management
  • Identifying problems
  • Network troubleshooting
  • Radio relay control
  • Control messages
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