Icon-5066 3.0 – New Capabilities

We are thrilled to announce the latest update to our STANAG 5066 server, Icon-5066. With this new release, we’ve incorporated a host of exciting features and enhancements, designed to not only add new functionality to your deployment but also increase the performance of your HF Radio Network.

The below is a list of the changes, and updates that can be found within Icon-5066 v3.0.

ALE Management

This major new feature enables management of ALE configuration independent of ALE implementation and allows easy sharing of configuration between nodes.  This capability is supported for modems where Isode provides ALE support.  Key features:

• Web configuration of HF Network for each Icon-5066 node.
• Configuration of Node ALE addressing, with support for 2G, 3G and 4G.
• Support for fixed frequency (not using ALE for a network)
• Configuration of HF Frequency list with options for narrowband and wideband
• Configuration of schedules for used with ALE or fixed frequency.   This enables the frequencies used to be changed at configured times so that appropriate frequencies are used for an ALE network throughout the 24 hour cycle.
• Import/Export of configuration, to enable easy sharing of configuration between nodes.   Model is that you configure ALE setup on one node and the transfer to other nodes.

Security

Two important security enhancements are included:

1. Use of OAuth to control which operators can access Icon-5066.
2. Support of TLS which includes:
   1. HTTPS Web Access
   2. TLS Support for GCXP to support Modem Proxy (crypto bypass) across a Red/Black boundary
   3. Web configuration of PKI setup of TLS

STANAG 5066 Ed4 Compliance

Icon-5066 is compliant to STANAG 5066 Ed4.   An overview of Ed4 is here.   Detailed Icon-5066 compliance is specified here.

Most of these capabilities were in the previous release, but described as STANAG 5066 proposed extensions.   Interoperability has been tested with another Ed4 implementation.

SNR Monitor

A new option is provided to configure Icon-5066 as a modem monitor with a simple TCP monitoring protocol.  This is a general purpose capability, but is specifically targeted to support the ACP 127 FAB (Frequency Assignment Broadcast) capability in M-Switch to enable the FAB broadcast to report on measured link quality using a modem at a remote location.

New Modem/ALE Support

The following ALE capabilities are added:

• 3G ALE support for RapidM RM8 and RM10.
• 4G ALE support for RapidM RM10

A new “Raw TCP” data option, which sends and receives data over simple TCP connection.   This generic capability can be used to exchange data with RapidM RM10 modem.

Management

Support for independent control of multiple STANAG 5066 nodes, so that on a system with multiple nodes nodes can be independently enabled and disabled by the Icon-5066 operator.

Red/Black Driver

A driver is provided for Isode’s Red/Black product to monitor Icon-5066.   Like the Red/Black driver for Isode supported Modems, this driver is distributed with Icon-5066, but will be picked up by a collocated Red/Black server.   It enables a Red/Black operator to enable/disable an Icon-5066 node and to monitor key parameters.

Product Activation

Icon-5066 servers are now controlled by Isode Product Activation.  This control includes:

• Optional enabling of TLS.  This is helpful for export.
• Control of the number of nodes available