# Presentation: 109818

## Phillip E. Paulsen
Space Communications Office
NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC)
Cleveland, Ohio

6 November 2002

- Space Communications Office
- NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC)
- Cleveland, Ohio
- 6 November 2002

- Secure Mobile Networking :Next Steps

## Do you have any further questions concerning the technology?

Did we hit the mark with regards to:
Interoperability?
Transparency?
Scalability?
Mobility?
Use of Shared Infrastructure?
Security?
Bandwidth?

- Did we hit the mark with regards to:
- Interoperability?
- Transparency?
- Scalability?
- Mobility?
- Use of Shared Infrastructure?
- Security?
- Bandwidth?

**Secure Mobile Networking**
- Follow Up

## Secure Mobile Networking

_**Existing Systems**_
- Satellite
- Dedicated Operations
- Dedicated Infrastructure
- Scheduled Service
- Fully Optimized
- Every Mission Unique
- Commanded Satellite
- Isolated, Stove-piped Communications Path
- Manual Fault Detection, Isolation, & Recovery
- Highly Asymmetric Data Flow
- Data Archived & Shipped to End Users at Later Date

_**Future IP-Based Systems**_
- Satellite & Network Connection
- Shared Operations
- Shared Infrastructure
- Autonomous Service on Demand
- Best Available
- Commonality Across Missions
- Tasked Satellite System
- Integrated, Networked Communications Path
- Autonomous Fault Detection, Isolation, & Recovery
- Moderately Asymmetric Data Flow
- Data Archived and Shipped to Multiple End User Locations in Real Time

**Secure Mobile Networking**
- Background: System Comparison

## As of November 2002, secure mobile network technology became commercially available.
The end-to-end implementation strategy for the new technology has not yet been developed.
Policy, doctrine, and trust management all need to be defined, tested, and implemented.
	Issue: Technology offices typically do not fund the development of end-to-end solutions because they assume that the infrastructure already exists.
Individual missions pay to solve “mission unique” development issues.
To be fully effective, we need to work with other organizations to develop systems that address the end-to-end issues that are inevitable with this type of state-of-the-art technology development.

- The end-to-end implementation strategy for the new technology has _not_ yet been developed.
- Policy, doctrine, and trust management all need to be defined, tested, and implemented.
- 	Issue: Technology offices typically do not fund the development of end-to-end solutions because they assume that the infrastructure already exists.
- Individual missions pay to solve “mission unique” development issues.
- To be fully effective, we need to work with other organizations to develop systems that address the end-to-end issues that are inevitable with this type of state-of-the-art technology development.

**Secure Mobile Networking**
- Technology Readiness Level Issue

## Continue development of mobile Internet hardware (mobile router and encryption devices).
Develop an integrated, scalable, survivable, secure solution for complex mobile networks.
Firewalls, proxies, egress and ingress filtering, and Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA).
Multiple nested, prioritized mobile routers and home agents.
Dynamic multicast routing environments with multiple data sources and a large number of field data users.
Conduct penetration testing of integrated mobile networks.
Active hacking / denial of services.
Research and development of IPv6 for mobile networks.
Development of radio link technology.
New modem designs to share link layer information with higher layers to improve system throughput by differentiating between link errors and network congestion.

- Develop an integrated, scalable, survivable, secure solution for complex mobile networks.
- Firewalls, proxies, egress and ingress filtering, and Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA).
- Multiple nested, prioritized mobile routers and home agents.
- Dynamic multicast routing environments with multiple data sources and a large number of field data users.
- Conduct penetration testing of integrated mobile networks.
- Active hacking / denial of services.
- Research and development of IPv6 for mobile networks.
- Development of radio link technology.
- New modem designs to share link layer information with higher layers to improve system throughput by differentiating between link errors and network congestion.

**Secure Mobile Networking**NASA’s Future Research Directions

## Secure Mobile Networking

- Intelligence Control
- Center

**Secure Mobile Networking**
- Future Research: Nested, Prioritized, Mobile Routers

- Home Agent Deployed in
- Battle Group Command Center
- (BGCC)

- Foreign-Agent deployed in
- Mobile Command Post.

- Foreign-Agent deployed in
- UAVs

- Foreign-Agent deployed in
- AWACS

## Continue development of mobile Internet hardware (mobile router and encryption devices).

Qualification of mini-router and packet encryptor for space using multi-vehicle environments and perform radiation hardness testing to failure.
Identify qualification issues associated with commercial network product designs and processes.

Flight of mini-router and packet encryptor in space.
Access on demand by fixed, mobile, and commercial systems.  

- Qualification of mini-router and packet encryptor for space using multi-vehicle environments and perform radiation hardness testing to failure.
- Identify qualification issues associated with commercial network product designs and processes.
- Flight of mini-router and packet encryptor in space.
- Access on demand by fixed, mobile, and commercial systems.

**Secure Mobile Networking**NASA’s Future Research Directions

## Secure Mobile NetworkingFlight Demonstration Concept

## LEO bird (or adjunct to a LEO bird).
Capable of communicating across a wide variety of domains.
NASA GS.
TDRSS SN.
MILSTAR SN.
AFSCN GS.
Commercial GS.
Foreign GS.
Mobile / transportable elements (air, sea, land).
Fully interoperable with current terrestrial networks (no IP wrapping, proxies, or gateway conversion).
Dynamic IP security (HAIPE).
On-orbit system router and radio reconfiguration and secure key exchange.
Sufficient bandwidth to explore moderate data rates (10’s of Mbps).
Virtual mission operations suite.
Links to unsophisticated users in remote locations.
Predictive routing.
Contingency operations.

- Capable of communicating across a wide variety of domains.
- NASA GS.
- TDRSS SN.
- MILSTAR SN.
- AFSCN GS.
- Commercial GS.
- Foreign GS.
- Mobile / transportable elements (air, sea, land).
- Fully interoperable with current terrestrial networks (no IP wrapping, proxies, or gateway conversion).
- Dynamic IP security (HAIPE).
- On-orbit system router and radio reconfiguration and secure key exchange.
- Sufficient bandwidth to explore moderate data rates (10’s of Mbps).
- Virtual mission operations suite.
- Links to unsophisticated users in remote locations.
- Predictive routing.
- Contingency operations.

**Secure Mobile Networking**
- Desirable Flight Demonstration Attributes

## Secure Mobile NetworkingMANTIS Demonstration Layout

**Secure Mobile Networking**MANTIS Demonstration Layout

## Are there other directions for the technology?

Are there requirements that we missed?

Do you have platforms that can leverage our technology?

Can you lead us to others who could also benefit from this technology?

Do we need to continue this discussion in a secure facility?

- Are there requirements that we missed?
- Do you have platforms that can leverage our technology?
- Can you lead us to others who could also benefit from this technology?
- Do we need to continue this discussion in a secure facility?

**Secure Mobile Networking**Other Research Directions?

## Phillip E. Paulsen
M.S. 54-6
NASA Glenn Research Center
21000 Brookpark Road
Cleveland, Oh  44135
Phone: (216) 433-6507
E Mail: phillip.e.paulsen@grc.nasa.gov

Publications
http://ctd.lerc.nasa.gov/5610/relpubs.html
http://roland.grc.nasa.gov/~ivancic/papers_presentations/papers.html
http://siw.gsfc.nasa.gov/agenda.html

- Phillip E. Paulsen
- M.S. 54-6
- NASA Glenn Research Center
- 21000 Brookpark Road
- Cleveland, Oh  44135
- Phone: (216) 433-6507
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- _Publications_
- _[http://ctd.lerc.nasa.gov/5610/relpubs.html](http://ctd.lerc.nasa.gov/5610/relpubs.html)_
- _[http://roland.grc.nasa.gov/~ivancic/papers_presentations/papers.html](http://roland.grc.nasa.gov/~ivancic/papers_presentations/papers.html)_
- http://siw.gsfc.nasa.gov/agenda.html

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