SPECIAL NOTICE
69 -- Low Power Internet of Things (LPIoT) Instrumentation Prototype Effort
- Notice Date
- 1/6/2020 1:50:51 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- W6QK ACC-ORLANDO ORLANDO FL 32826 USA
- ZIP Code
- 32826
- Solicitation Number
- TReX-19-0062
- Response Due
- 2/5/2020 9:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 02/20/2020
- Point of Contact
- NSTXL
- E-Mail Address
-
initiatives@nstxl.org
(initiatives@nstxl.org)
- Description
- Please visit the TReX RFS website for additional information, at: https://nstxl.org/opportunity/lplot/ Request for Solutions: Low Power Internet of Things (LPIoT) Instrumentation Prototype 6 January 2020 1.�� �Purpose and Authority This Request for Solutions (RFS) is seeking vendors for an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement, for the Low Power Internet of Things (LPIoT) Long Term Evolution (LTE) Category M1 Instrumentation, in accordance with the authority of 10 USC �2371b. The Government will evaluate the solutions with the intent to competitively award one or multiple Other Transaction (OT) Agreements for prototype projects through the Training and Readiness Accelerator (TReX) Consortium.� 2.�� �Summary and Background This OTA is being sought on behalf of the United States Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training & Instrumentation (PEO STRI). PEO STRI is tasked with designing, developing and delivering LPIoT LTE Category M1 Instrumentation to the Army. In that role, PEO STRI is also the office responsible for the design and implementation of effective training systems to allow soldiers to most effectively and safely use the LPIoT LTE Category M1 Instrumentation developed by the Army. The Army requires the development of a Low Power Internet of Things (LPIoT) Long Term Evolution (LTE) Category M1 Instrumentation Prototype capable of supporting Platoon-level Live Force on Force training that will transport data between the Combat Training Center Instrumentation System (CTC IS) to the Training Engagement Simulation System (TESS). The LTE Category M1 is a low?power wide?area (LPWA) air interface that lets you connect Internet of Things (IoT) and Modem to Modem (M2M) devices with medium data rate requirements. It enables longer battery lifecycles and greater in?building range, as compared to standard cellular technologies such as 2G, 3G or LTE Category 1. The solutions should modify the Category M1 commercial off the shelf (COTS) devices to meet Live Collective Training (LCT) needs and still provide the benefits of Low Power Internet of Things (LPIoT). The objective of the LPIoT Instrumentation Prototype project is to determine if COTS LPIoT devices can be modified and tested to determine capability to support latency requirements, enhance throughput, and meet cyber security restrictions for certain use cases (See Section 5.1.7.1). This prototype project is unclassified. The Category M1 COTS devices currently in use do not meet the conditions required in order to support LCT. The commercial standard has evolved to the point that LPIoT is now supported by all Long Term Evolution (LTE) cellular providers and is accessible across most of the continental United States. PM CTIS deployed a LTE network at the National Training Center (NTC) and Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) to transport data between exercise participants and the CTC IS, between 2014 and 2019. At the time of this effort, the LPIoT was not a standard. The current Instrumentation Units use the higher bandwidth LTE standard and the current Instrumentation Unit is scheduled for a life cycle refresh starting in FY 22.� The focus of this OTA is to determine if a Low Power Internet of Things modem can support the dismounted soldier in a Live Training Event. The Army has expressed that the initial task is to reduce the weight of the instrumentation that we place on a soldier's back, versus placed on a vehicle. The overall goal is to have a common instrumentation radio for both dismounted solider and vehicle use case. This OTA will determine if industry can modify Category M1 commercial off the shelf (COTS) devices to meet Live Collective Training needs to develop the LTE Category M1 modem standard (hereafter the radio is called the LPIoT Instrumentation Prototype) and still provide the benefits of the LPIoT standard.. Please visit the TReX RFS website for additional information, at:�https://nstxl.org/opportunity/lplot/
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