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Project presented in the ambit of CIPS program. Short Wave critical Infrastructure Network based on new Generation of high survival radio communication system. SWING. INGV-CNIT-NOA-EO. With the support of the Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management
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Project presented in the ambit of CIPS program Short Wave critical Infrastructure Network based on new Generation of high survival radio communication system SWING INGV-CNIT-NOA-EO With the support of the Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security-related Risks Programme European Commission - Directorate-General Home Affairs
CIPS – “Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism and other Security related Risks“ • CNIT- Consorzio Nazionale Inter-universitario per le Telecomunicazioni • ECIs - European Critical Infrastructures • EO – Ebro Observatory • CGAs - Controlling Governmental Agencies • HF – High Frequency • INGV – Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia • NOA - National Observatory of Athens • SW - Short Wave • SWING - Short Wave critical Infrastructure Network based on new Generation of high survival radio communication system Acronyms
The proposed project deals with the study and design of a system of HF radio connection among European Critical Infrastructure (ECIs) and/or Controlling Governmental Agencies (CGAs) that replace broad band transmission able to survive in any adverse conditions and terrorist attack. Starting date - 01-01-2012 Duration- 24 Months Methodology- Share the activities in four Working Groups (WGs) where each WG is involved in the tasks of the project as better specified below. Partnership- INGV, CNIT, NOA , OE SWING in pills
Target groups- Agencies and institution devoted tomanagement of Critical Infrastructures that are linked by internet network. Expected results- The project is finalized to demonstrate the feasibilityof a network high survival HF communication as buck-up and independent system to ensure minimum management and communication requirements, in the case of internet failure due to a terrorist attack. SWING in pills
(about 54% of the initial request) Eligible costs 671.149,02 € Grant approved from the CIPS Program: 468.309,64 € Grant approved / total eligible costs (max 70%): 69,78 % Revised budget
I RATA € 280.983.97 (60% of the requested Grant 468.309,64) AMOUNT RECEIVED
The Applicant/Organization is the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) Italy. The INGV’s staff is indicated as Working Group 1 (WG1) prevalently operating in Roma. Other Co-Beneficiaries are the three research institutes: • -National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT) Italy. CNIT’s staff is indicated as (WG2) prevalently operating in Pisa. • -National Observatory of Athens (NOA) Greece. The NOA’s staff is indicated as (WG3) operates in Athens. • -Ebro Observatory (EO) Spain. The EO’s staff is indicated as (WG4) operates in Roquetes. • See chart of following figure that indicates the Applicant/Organization and the 4 WGs with the respective tasks. PARTNERS (CO-ORDINATOR AND CO-BENEFICIARIES) • See chart of following figure that indicates the Applicant/Organization and the 4 WGs with the respective tasks.
The potential risk of wide scale terrorist attacks able to put out of order, for a long period, the internet connections capabilities exposes the European Critical Infrastructures (ECIs), like electric power distribution and production infrastructure, CGAs, safety and defense organization, water distribution agency, airports, etc. in a stage of vulnerability because of some essential information are transferred by means of internet both for management and control. • The aim of SWING is to study a high survival HF radio network (data/voice) to real time support of ECIs communications, maintaining the minimum flux of essential information for the management and control in case of wide scale terrorist attacks able to render internet links useless over the Mediterranean region. This will increase the awareness of ECIs operators in the extreme case of the complete broadband failure of the communication. Why SWING
The proposed project, deals with the study and design of a system of HF radio connections to link ECIs among themselves and with their CGAs. • This system will replace broad band internet transmission when the latter fails. • The HF network will withstand adverse conditions such as those encountered in case of a terrorist attack, guaranteeing the communication between ECIs and CGAs, and the transmission of necessary data for the survival and minimum operability of ECIs. • SWING will be designed to evaluate the threat and increase the security awareness, as well as the level of protection, of analogous and/or interdependent ECIs. 1-Business Card
In order to meet these goals and therefore CIPS priorities, SWING will have to recognize how and when the internet communication fails, and develop the standard software and hardware tools, necessary for implementing communication protocols, suited for a reliable and interoperable Short Wave radio network back up. • Therefore, SWING must also analyze the HF network requirements necessary for alerting and controlling ECIs from their CGAs in case of threat or attack, understanding the particular characteristics and design a radio-communication architecture for a HF radio network. 2-Business Card
To meet the above mentioned objectives the main activities will initially concern the designation of ECIs in the regions of interest and the analysis of potential communication problems among them and between ECIs and CGAs, followed by the identification of the most suitable topology for a high survival radio communication network. • Subsequently, SWING will determine the criteria for early warning alerts, the procedures to activate the back up network, as well as the minimal amount of information necessary to maintain control over ECIs keeping them linked even in critical conditions. • For what concerns the HF radio network, SWING will define and design the software and hardware necessary to a high survival HF radio network. 3-Business Card
a- To study internet communications criticality. • b- To analyse the requirements necessary to ECIs and CGAs management and control. • c- To develop a communication protocols in order to define standard software and hardware tools supporting reliable and interoperable Short Wave radio communication techniques for ECIs and CGAs protection. • d- To study the frequency management system taking into account the special characteristics of the ionospheric channel. • e- To design a radio-communication architecture for a distributed South European short wave radio network. Objectives
Software defined radio is an adaptive radio technology that allows to adjust automatically to changing propagation conditions; • To operate without operator assistance technique like Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) makes it possible ; • Link Quality Analysis (LQA) that is a method of assessing channel quality, can be employed so that connections occur on the best channel/ frequency; • Other automatic adaptive techniques are also available Adaptive connection
Data transmission requires the use of modems to convert digital data into analog form, and viceversa; • HF modems slow-speed FSK, high-speed parallel tone, or high-speed serial tone (Serial tone modems provide vastly improved data communications); • FEC systems provide error correction without the need for a return link; • Interleaving technique ; • Automatic channel equalization and adaptive excision filtering. Data transfer in HF link
Protection of the key is vital to securing the transmitted • information encrypting the code by means of a key; • Various degrees of security level depends on the algorithms and the number • of variables in the key; • . • Other techniques like Low Probability of Detection (LPD) and Low Probability of Interception (LPI) can be considerated; • Frequency-hopping in random way. Data protection
Mother board for software defined radio USRP N210 Kit P USRPN210 Kit P
