This paper completes the initial effort described in 2018 Paper No. 18252 “Jamming Techniques and their Usage in Distributed Electronic Warfare Simulation.” The end results are proposed changes to SISO-REF-010, Reference for Enumerations for Simulation Interoperability, and to IEEE Std 1278.1, Standard for Distributed Interactive Simulation—Application Protocols, to correct problems with the Jamming Technique enumerations/hierarchy and to improve distributed electronic warfare simulation.
SISO-REF-010 Change Request (CR) #TBD provides definitions for valid jamming techniques, deprecates the entire existing Jamming Technique enumerations/hierarchy and replaces them with a new and improved list/hierarchy. This approach enables a smooth transition plan and uninterrupted interoperability with legacy systems. CR#TBD reassigns all valid Jamming Techniques within the new hierarchy. For Jamming Techniques that are not considered valid, CR#TBD includes the rationale for their deprecation. This information provides an opportunity for and encourages simulation community review and feedback to further improve the Jamming Techniques.
IEEE Std 1278.1 Problem Change Request 253, Jamming Technique Descriptions, proposes modifications for the Electromagnetic Emission (EE) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) to include new fields in the beam data for jammers that will support: a) multiple jamming techniques, b) the jammer architecture (e.g., Transponder, Direct Digital Synthesis), and c) jammer quality attributes (e.g., Persistent, Coordinated, Bounce). The new standard content explains their usage for both jammer (producer) and radar (consumer) simulation modelers. This new EE PDU information along with the new and improved Jamming Technique enumerations/hierarchy provides a more accurate, advanced, flexible and higher fidelity representation of simulated radar jamming interactions while improving the support for multiple levels of fidelity and thus increased interoperability. The additional protocol information also provides a jamming modeling simplification that results in more uniform and efficient processing of distributed electronic warfare simulation interactions.