Overview of the Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) 5G NextGen Program
JBSA 5G PMO has a national defense-related mission need in the area of Network Modernization using emerging technologies in the areas of high-bandwidth, low-latency technologies including 5G. Such networks are anticipated to address several emerging use-cases to enhance AF’s war-fighting capabilities.
5G is a critical strategic technology, an integrated extension of the Internet to mobile spaces, that the Department of Defense (DoD) must master. 5GC will potentially touch every mission and operation of DoD and the military services. 5G will provide advanced communications technologies, flexible bandwidth allocation (ultra-narrow to extremely broad), in-network core applications, ultra-low-latency and ubiquitous connectivity for DoD, military service components, and the Intelligence Community (IC) enabling long-term economic and military advantage.
The 5G Core Network (5GC) is the heart and brains for the 5G Systems (5GS), and also serves as the anchor point for multi-access technologies, which enable Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC), Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), and massive Machine Type Communications (mMTC). This is the least developed critical capability in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) defined 5G ecosystem, and therefore the least understood portion of the 5G architecture.
In 2020, Joint Base San Antonio was selected by the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense Research & Engineering (OUSD R&E) as the only DoD facility in the5G NextGen program to administer two experiments: 5G Core Security and 5G in Telemedicine and Medical Training. In addition, JBSA 5G Next Gen will host one of the few state-of-the art 5G Stand Alone (SA) testbeds in the country. The 5G SA testbed ensures that JBSA is developing trailblazing 5G prototype solutions.
Additionally, JBSA has several other on-going RDT&E projects through Small Business Innovative Research Initiatives, including 5G Electronic Surveillance, 5G secure IOT,
The characteristic of 5G that makes it revolutionary over its predecessors is the ability to process massive amounts of data quickly. 5G SA has the potential to offer peak data downlink rates of 20 GB/sec under optimum conditions. The high bandwidth and low latency characteristics of 5G enable reliable connectivity in moving vehicles and crowded venues to create a seamless mobile user experience, truly immersive augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) experience and the connection of massive numbers of cellular IoT (Internet of Things) devices. In addition, 5G enables ultra-reliable low-latency communications to support critical technologies such as telerobotic surgery and autonomous vehicles.
Professor Brian Kelley, the JBSA 5G Principal Investigator for both the 5G Core Security and the 5G in Telemedicine & Medical Training, and Mr. Jody Little, the Executive Program Manager, will provide an overview of JBSA 5G experiments and 5G technology initiatives.
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Dr. Brian Kelley
overview of JBSA 5G experiments and 5G technology initiatives
Biography:
Dr. Brian Kelley was named Principal Investigator in 5G Telemedicine and 5G Core Security by the 5G JBSA PMO Tranche-2 and a Day One Technology Policy Accelerator Fellow in 2021. At UTSA, Dr. Kelley has developed courses on 5G, Software Defined Radio, Internet of Things (IoT), and Wireless Communications. He was Associate Editor of the IEEE System Journal from 2011-2013, Sabbatical Employee of DoD in Washington D.C. from 2015-2016 and Summer Faculty Fellow at ORNL in the Quantum Information Systems in 2015 and 2017. He was Assistant Associate Dean’s Fellow at UTSA COE in 2019. His current research interests involve the creation of a state of the art experimental site 5G networks, 6G IoV for Level 5 autonomous vehicles, 6G AI, and 6G Physical Layer Security. Dr. Kelley has received over $3M in research funding from ONR, DoE, DoD, and AFRL, has numerous IEEE publications, is a member of the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC), and holder of 11 US patents.
Mr. Jody Little
overview of JBSA 5G experiments and 5G technology initiatives
Biography:
Mr. Jody Little is the Executive Program Manager, JBSA 5G Program Management Office, JBSA Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. the largest 5G research, development, and prototyping site in the Department of Defense. The JBSA 5G Program Management Office manages and performs experiments in 5G applications in Telemedicine and 5G Cyber Security. Research and development at JBSA 5G includes secure network slicing and network function virtualization, interoperability of 5G to support DOD use over CONUS, OCONUS, grey and tactical networks, secure management and orchestration of 5G services, secure end-to-end communications in 5G zero-trust networks, telementoring, telehealth, telesurgery, augmented reality, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and machine learning in 5G networks orchestration, security, and applications.
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Overview of the Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) 5G NextGen Program, sponsored by the IEEE LSS Technology and Engineering Management Society and Communications and Signal Processing Society.