Course Date
Monday, October 20th
Speaker(s)
Course Description
This course introduces participants to telemetric networks to gain an understanding of telemetric networking principles, applicable networking technologies, trade-offs in applying networks to telemetry, and end-to-end telemetric applications. Specifically, the RCC Telemetry Network Standard (TmNS) and its application will be presented illustrating the test article network, radio access network, range operations network, mission control network, system management operations, and telemetric applications. Sprinkled throughout the course are selected networking technology topics to help aid in the networking discussions. This course is intended for anyone who needs an introduction to TmNS technologies and system capabilities. It will be useful for participants to have a basic knowledge of networking concepts. This short course is particularly beneficial for persons responsible for or involved in flight test instrumentation and telemetry systems.
About Thomas Grace
Mr. Grace is from the Naval Air Warfare Center at Patuxent River Maryland. He has been working in Aircraft Instrumentation for over 25 years and is currently working on the integrated Network Enhanced Telemetry (iNET) program where he is the Program Engineer responsible for the technical portion of the program. Mr. Grace holds a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Masters Degree in Systems Engineering.
About Todd Newton
Mr. Newton is a Lead Engineer at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, TX. He holds a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Oklahoma as well as an M.S. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at San Antonio. For over two decades, Mr. Newton has been involved with network-based flight test systems for both commercial and DoD entities performing and overseeing the testing and integration of components within these network-based systems. He has been heavily involved in the development of the Telemetry Network Standard (TmNS) defined in chapters 21-28 of IRIG 106 as well as the development, integration, and deployment of TmNS-based systems. He is currently a member of the TSCC serving on the Networking and Protocols Subcommittee. He was the recipient of the 2008 Lawrence Rauch Award for Standards and has been awarded a US patent for a network routing overlay.