WAVE WORK GROUP COMMUNICATIONS
20TH SUPPORT COMMAND

20TH SUPPORT COMMAND COUNTS
ON WAVE FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENTCOMMUNICATIONSWAVE FEATURES
EXTENSIVE
INTEROPERABILITY
Removes limitations by uniting
all communication devices
regardless of technology,
manufacturer, frequency oroperator for comprehensive
communications with on-scene
agencies and first responders.

CBRNE Units Benefit from Improved Reachback and Decision-Making
For the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Army in particular, the scale of possible
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives (CBRNE) threats is greaterthan ever before. The U.S. Army’s 20th Support Command (SUPCOM) is at the forefront of modern
CBRNE detection and elimination. They depend on WAVE Work Group Communications as partof their rapid deployment communications equipment to improve reachback from worldwide field
locations to subject matter experts at headquarters, as well as tight coordination with on-scene
agencies and first responders in emergency situations.

THE CHALLENGE

The communications environment that exists when a mobile WMD
Coordination Elements unit arrives on scene typically lacks the capabilities
required to allow reachback communications.

SUPCOM was established in 2004 with the mission of
being the primary Army provider of specialized CBRNE
capabilities. The Command united existing CBRNE
response elements under one standalone commandand-control headquarters and maintains a highly
capable rapid-response force for threats on U.S. soil. It
routinely supports the President, other dignitaries andnational security events.
In 2008, elements of the Command deployed insupport of Operation Iraqi Freedom and have since
deployed over 20 units a year in support of Operations
Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom for counterIED operations. At any time, more than 20% of theCommand is deployed abroad. Today, the 20th SUPCOM
is capable of exercising full command and controlof CBRNE operations to support Joint and Army

force commanders primarily for overseas events andwarfighting operations, as wells as providing support
for homeland security.
A typical incident-response scenario for 20th SUPCOM
sees them first deploying a subordinate unit, such asa specialist chemical or explosives team, to the scene.
These subordinate units are located worldwide incurrent theaters of operation and work directly with20th SUPCOM’s mobile WMD Coordination Elements(WCE). WCEs are larger command-and-control
groups that have direct access to airlift support
for transporting men and materials, such as mobilecommand vehicles, to the scene. Once on scene,
WCEs support local commanders or lead federal
agencies with their significant CBRNE expertise andcommunications assets.

SYSTEM-OF-SYSTEMSARCHITECTURE
Relies on standards-based
software to avoid theunnecessary complexityand expense of proprietary
hardware solutions andempower unlimited scalability.
LOCATION INDEPENDENCE
Capitalizes on wirelessclassified networks andthe global prevalence of IPnetworks to seamlessly connect
an unlimited number of users
no matter where they are inthe world.
MOBILITY & ACCESSINNOVATIONS“Lightens the load” byeliminating rigid, cable-ladenfootprints to keep logistical
overhead to a minimum andimprove reachback from thefield to headquarters.
COMPLETE SURVIVABILITY
Provides groundbreaking
redundancy and self-healing
properties, including
autonomous offline operations,peer-to-peer communications
and automatic failover.

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20TH SUPPORT COMMAND

A primary requirement of WCE on-scene operation isreachback communications connectivity. It needs toconnect units in the field, which could be anywhere in
the world, to subject matter experts at 20th SUPCOM
headquarters or at national-level laboratories, industries,
academia or other state/federal CBRNE resources.
Communication with other on-scene agencies and otherfirst responders is also critical to effective incident
response, especially during the very early stages,
and WCEs must rapidly establish a comprehensive
communications network.
Unfortunately, the communications environment thatexists when a WCE arrives on scene typically lacks thecapabilities required to allow reachback communications.

THE SOLUTION

The quality of voice communications over establishedradio networks can be badly affected by both
geographical location and excessive signal latencyfrom retransmission from mobile radio towers. (Signal
retransmissions are the main cause of voice quality
degradation in radio networks.)
Finally, WCEs also need to coordinate with on-scene
units such as local law enforcement, National Guardand others, all of which typically operate different
communications systems. To do that, WCEs are forced tocarry their own radio gateway units in order to providea means of accessing the communications of local
agencies and responders.

As the Command continues to add new subordinate units to its structure,
WAVE Work Group Communications provides the communications flexibility
and radio extension that WCEs need to succeed.

Having deployed WAVE at a previous commandand seeing firsthand how it solves the many
communications issues facing a highly mobile unit withcritical communications needs, 20th SUPCOM G-6(Communications Officer) LTC Hunter chose to equip hisWCEs with WAVE-enabled communications.
According to LTC Hunter, the use of IP as a primarytransport mechanism for radio communications
removes the need for retransmission of radio network
traffic. It also creates new opportunities for extended
reach of communications and wider involvement andcollaboration between WCEs, CBRNE teams and othertactical and strategic assets and resources spreadthroughout the region of operations and beyond.

“Extending radio networks to other devices such as PCs
and telephones is a major scalability benefit of WAVE
that CBRNE operations fully utilize,” says LTC Hunter.
“Any PC at the operations center running WAVE isessentially another radio on one or more networks thatwe can use to communicate with other assets in thefield. That gives us great flexibility in the way we candeploy equipment and respond to incidents.”
Today, WAVE software is a crucial element of 20th
SUPCOM’s communications capability. As theCommand continues to add new subordinate units
to its structure, WAVE provides the communications
flexibility and radio extension that WCEs need tosucceed.

WAVE Work Group Communications
Because every operational environment is unique, we offer WAVE solutions that deliver the capabilities and performancerequired to match your converged communications needs, network size and sophistication, and IT/engineering resources:
WAVE 3000 is optimized for MOTOTRBO systems with a wireline interface, and offers radio extension to smartphones andtablets using a simple appliance server for ease of deployment, management and support.
WAVE 5000 offers a highly scalable, feature and IT rich, enterprise grade PTT solution, enabling full interoperability between different radio systems and extending their reach using smartphones, tablets, PCs, telephones and select enterprisecollaboration tools.

For more information about the WAVE Work Group Communications solution, pleasecontact your Motorola representative or visit motorolasolutions.com/wave.
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THE RESULTS
FULL COMMUNICATIONCAPABILITIES, LOWEREDBANDWIDTHWMD Coordination Elementpersonnel can quickly
configure WAVE to support
any network type, enabling fullcommunications interoperability
across multicast, unicast
and mixed-mode networks
while keeping bandwidth
requirements to a minimum.
IMPROVED REACHBACKFOR FASTER DECISION
MAKINGAs an interoperability solution,
WAVE offers the unprecedented
ability to reachback andexchange mission-criticalinformation in real time,allowing for faster and more
informed decision making
before, during and after amission.
UNLIMITED SCALABILITYWAVE offers the potential toconnect an unlimited number ofusers at all levels of the Armyand government regardless of
their communications device,including PCs, radios andsmartphones.
“WAVE gives us the reachand interoperability that
we need to execute ourmission and we continue
to demonstrate its worth
during our operational
readiness exercises and inthe field. WAVE definitely
gives us an edge, andin this business I’ll takeevery advantage I canget.”— LTC HUNTER, 20TH
SUPCOM G-6