Link 16 Training, special Link 16 Training focusing on Applications and J Series Messages, Full Course Description
Link 16 Training covering many aspects of Link 16 including applications, mission data and J Series Messages.
Learn how Link 16 like other tactical data links conveys its information in specially formatted messages called J-series messages: composed of sets of fields, each of which is composed, in turn, of prescribed numbers of bits that may be encoded into predetermined patterns to convey specific information.
LINK-16 Overview
- Tactical Data Link 16
- LINK-16 Basics
- Waveform
- Time Slots
- Exchange real-time tactical data
- Architecture
- Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
- Synchronization:
- Acquisition & maintenance of system time
- Terminal variations
- Class I, Class II, MIDS (LVT-1, LVT-2, LVT-3)
- Host platform integration requirements
Link 16 Features
- Jam resistance, Improved security
- data rate + amounts & granularity of IE
- terminal size = allows install in fighter/attack a/c
- PPLI & Relative navigation
- Network IDs and References Networks
- Round-Trip Timing (RTT)
- Relative Navigation
- Terminal-Host Interaction
- J-series messages
- MIDS-LVT
- MIDS-LVT System Identification
- MIDS-LVT System Operation
- Terminal Initialization & Control
- Functional Layout & SRU Review
- System Software
- Net Number
- Network Time Reference (NTR)
- Position Reference
- Pulse (JTIDS)
- Precise Participant Location & Identification (PPLI)
- Recurrence Rate
- Navigation Controller
- Recurrence Rate Number (RRN)
- Relative Navigation (Relnav)
- Relative Position Quality
- Reporting Responsibility
- Stacked Net
- Subscriber
- Active Synchronization
- Passive Synchronization
- Coarse Synchronization
- Fine Synchronization
- Low Fidelity Synchronization
- Time Quality
- Time Slot
- Time Slot Assignment (TSA)
- Time Slot Block
- Time Slot Number
- Track Quality
- TSA mode
JTIDS Levels of Fidelity Link 16 Operation
- Airborne Platforms
- Store Mission Data
- Own-ship Mission Data
- Stores
- New and Legacy
- Weapons
- Sensors
Overview of J Series Messages
- Data link message standard
- Network Management
- Precise Participant Location & ID
- Surveillance
- Track Management
- Weapons Coordination & MGMT
- Control
- Platform and System Status
- Electronic Warfare
- Threat Warning
- National use
- Others
- STANAG 5516
- MIL-STD-6016B/C
- OP-SPEC 516
Fixed-format messages
- JTIDS and MIDS use
- J-series
- J Message Structure
- 256 Messages
- 5 bit label and 3 bit sublabel
- Categories
Network Management Messages
- 0 Initial Entry
- 1 Test
- 2 Network Time Update
- 3 Time Slot Assignment
- 4 Radio Relay Control
- 5 Repromulgation Relay
- 6 Communication Control
- 7 Time Slot Reallocation
- 0 Connectivity Interrogation
- 1 Connectivity Status
- 2 Route Establishment
- 3 Acknowledgment
- 4 Communication Status
- 5 Net Control Initialization
- 6 Needline Participation Group Assignment
Precise Participant Location and Identification
- 0 Indirect Interface Unit PPLI
- 2 Air PPLI
- 3 Surface PPLI
- 4 Subsurface PPLI
- 5 Land Point PPLI
- 6 Land Track PPLI
Surveillance
- 0 Reference Point
- 1 Emergency Point
- 2 Air Track
- 3 Surface Track
- 4 Subsurface Track
- 5 Land Point or Track
- 6 Space Track
- 7 Electronic Warfare Product Information
- Anti-submarine Warfare
- 4 Acoustic Bearing and Range
Intelligence
- 0 Amplification Message
Information Management
- 0 Track Management
- 1 Data Update Request
- 2 Correlation
- 3 Pointer
- 4 Track Identifier
- 5 IFF/SIF Management
- 6 Filter Management
- 7 Association
- 0 Unit Designator
- 1 Mission Correlator Change
- 0 Command
Weapons Coordination and Management
- 2 Engagement Status
- 3 Hand Over
- 5 Controlling Unit Report
- 6 Pairing
- 0 From the Weapon
- 1 To the Weapon
- 2 Weapon Coordination Control
- 0 Mission Assignment
- 1 Vector
- 2 Precision Aircraft Direction
- 3 Flight Path
- 4 Controlling Unit Change
- 5 Target/Track Correlation
- 6 Target Sorting
- 7 Target Bearing
Platform and System Status
- 0 Airfield Status Message
- 2 Air Platform and System Status
- 3 Surface Platform and System Status
- 4 Subsurface Platform and System Status
- 5 Land Platform and System Status
Electronic Warfare
- 0 Parametric Information
- 2 Electronic Warfare Control/Coordination
Threat Warning
- 0 Threat Warning
Imagery
- 0 Imagery
Weather Over Target
- 0 Weather Over Target
National UseJ28.0 U.S. National 1 (Army)
- 1 U.S. National 2 (Navy)
- 2 U.S. National 3 (Air Force)
- 2 (0) Text Message
- 3 U.S. National 4 (Marine Corps)
- 4 French National 1
- 5 French National 2
- 6 U.S. National 5 (NSA)
- 7 UK National
- J29 National Use (reserved)
- J30 National Use (reserved)
- Miscellaneous
- 0 Over-the-Air Rekeying Management
- 1 Over-the-Air Rekeying
- 7 No Statement
Network Participation Group (NPG)
- 1 Initial Entry
- 2/3 RTT-A/RTT-B
- 4 Network Management
- 5/6 PPLI and Status
- 7 Surveillance
- 8 Mission Management/
- Weapons Coordination
- 9 Control
- 11 Image Transfer
- 12/13 Voice A/B
- 18 Network Enabled
- Weapons
- 19/20 Fighter-to-Fighter A&B
- 21 Engagement
- Coordination
- 27 Joint Net PPLI
- 28 Distributed Network Management
Link 16 Messages applied to F35 Mission Systems and Sensor Fusion
- F35 Mission System overview
- Operating software
- Avionics
- Integrated electronic sensors
- Displays
- Communications systems
- Collection and sharing data
- Situational awareness
- Sensor Fusion
- Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL)
- Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar
- Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA)
- Distributed Aperture System (DAS)
- Missile detection and tracking
- Launch point detection
- Situational awareness IRST & cueing
- Weapons support
- Day/night navigation
- Fire control capability
- Precision tracking of aircraft for tactical maneuvering
- Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS)
- Forward-looking infrared (FLIR)