RMCE / MERGE/ WSOMSNet

Question 1

What does GSCCE stand for and what is it a subsystem of?

Answer 1

Global Satellite Configuration and Control Element

RMCE

Question 2

What does WRMS stand for and what is it a subsystem for?

Answer 2

Wideband Remote Monitoring Sensor

WSOMSNet

Question 3

What do RMCE and WSOMSNet do?

Answer 3

Extend the capabilities of Payload Control and Spectrum Monitoring beyond the WSOCs to the remote sites.

Question 4

What is Network Function?

Answer 4

Any-to-any network providing private and secure Wide Area Network (WAN) infrastructure that connects all WSOC facilities to remote and management sites.

Question 5

Black data goes to?

Answer 5

RMCE

Question 6

Red data goes to?

Answer 6

WSOMSNet

Question 7

Control functions are broken into what two categories?

Answer 7

Payload Control and Spectrum Monitoring

Question 8

What is Payload Control?

Answer 8

Connectivity between GSCCE and WGS through a remote site.

Question 9

What is Spectrum Monitoring?

Answer 9

Connectivity to WRMS allowing WSOCs to remotely monitor WGS and DSCS spectrum.

Question 10

What are the designators used for GSCCE and WRMS equipment in the RMCE and WSOMSNet racks?

Answer 10

GSCCE- Payload Control

WRMS- Spectrum monitoring

Question 11

What are the networking equipment used in the Spectrum Monitoring Rack?

Answer 11

KG-175G (HAIPEs)

Routers

Firewalls

Network Switches

Question 12

What are the spectrum monitoring equipment used in the Spectrum Monitoring Rack?

Answer 12

KVM and Mangement Server

Spectrum Monitoring Receivers

Control and Database Servers

Hybrid Server

Question 13

What is the Management Group Networking Equipment?

Answer 13

A rack of networking equipment and servers that creates and maintains the WSOMSNet, which interconnects all sites: WSOCs, Remotes sites, CWS, Management sites, etc.

Question 14

What is the RMCE CWS Rack?

Answer 14

A rack of networking equipment and servers that creates and maintains the RMCE network, which interconnects all sites: WSOCs, Remotes sites, CWS, Management sites, etc.

Question 15

How many versions of RMCE and WSOMSNet are across the RMCE and WSOMSNet subsystems?

Answer 15

4

Question 16

Legacy RMCE carries classified and unclassified traffic. True or False?

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Legacy RMCE uses what kind of circuits?

Answer 17

Point-to-point circuits carrying classified traffic tunneled through unclassified traffic.

Question 18

Legacy RMCE classified traffic is carried through the _________ via tunneling through the unclassified side.

Answer 18

Virtual Private Network Wide Area Network (VPN WAN)

Question 19

New RMCE can carry unclassified and classified traffic. True or False?

Answer 19

False

New RMCE carries only unclassified traffic.

Question 20

Legacy WSOMSNet classified traffic was carried through the _________ via tunneling through the unclassified side.

Answer 20

SONET

Question 21

All classified RMCE traffic is absorbed by the __________.

Answer 21

New WSOMSNet

Question 22

What do WSOC sites do?

Answer 22

WSOC sites are responsible for controlling mission and payload of WGS and DSCS satellites within their assigned missions.

Question 23

What do Remote Sites do?

Answer 23

Non-WSOC sites provide surrogate control of satellites to WSOCs when properly equipped

Assist in power down & ups, PMCS, and remove/install of equipment

Question 24

What do CWS sites do?

Answer 24

CWS sites oversee the operational duties of the WSOCs and provides technical guidance, as necessary.

Provides final approval for all command-and-control operations.

Question 25

RSSCs do what?

Answer 25

RSSCs determine satellite resource allocation to users and payload configuration states through the use of CNPS

Question 26

WSOMSNet does what?

Answer 26

WSOMSNet provides the connectivity to CNPS and other WSOMS subsystems for the RSSCs

Question 27

What does DISA stand for and what does it do?

Answer 27

Defense Information Systems Agency DISA oversees the operational duties of the SATCOM Gateways, to include remote sites

Question 28

What does the Australian Defense Network Operations Centre (DNOC) do?

Answer 28

The DNOC facilitates Australian user access to Wideband SATCOM resources. They maintain positive control of Australian users and coordinate with WSOCs and RSSCs on behalf of their users.