NETWORK CENTRIC RANGE ARHITECTURE

Abstract

Today’s telemetry ground stations are migrating from traditional serial PCM data distribution to Telemetry over IP architectures. The Range Commanders Council has published IRIG 218-10 TELEMETRY TRANSMISSION OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (TMoIP) STANDARD, which attempts to standardize PCM distribution over IP networks and is currently working on a revision. Ranges have begun investigating new TMoIP systems. This paper attempts to facilitate this migration by discussing the TMoIP, networking and architectural concepts that need to be considered when deploying a TMoIP system. The paper draws on the lessons learned over the previous 10 years of designing, installing, troubleshooting and optimizing telemetry data distribution over IP networks. It discusses the critical component and architectural decisions to be made and some of the pitfalls to be avoided.