Support Maintenance Equipment --> Center:
center equipment software install/upgrade

Definitions

center equipment software install/upgrade (Information Flow): This flow supports installation and update of software residing in centers. It supports download and installation of center software, including executable code and associated support files.

Support Maintenance Equipment (Source Physical Object): 'Support Maintenance Equipment' represents the equipment used by IT personnel and technicians to locally or remotely troubleshoot, initialize, reprogram, and test IT assets that support ITS operations. It also manages service activities for IT assets, accepting service requests and providing service status as maintenance activities and repairs are scheduled and performed. It may include a workstation, laptop, trouble-ticket or other maintenance tracking software, specialized diagnostics tools, or any other general purpose or specialized equipment that is interfaced remotely or locally to support maintenance, repair, and upgrade.

Center (Destination Physical Object): This general physical object is used to model core capabilities that are common to any center.

Included In

This Triple is in the following Service Packages:

This Triple is described by the following Functional View Functional Objects:

This Triple is described by the following Functional View Data Flows:

This Triple has the following triple relationships:

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Communication Solutions

No communications solutions identified.

Characteristics

Characteristic Value
Time Context Static
Spatial Context Regional
Acknowledgement True
Cardinality Unicast
Initiator Source
Authenticable True
Encrypt True


Interoperability Description
Regional Interoperability throughout the geopolitical region is highly desirable, but if implemented differently in different transportation management jurisdictions, significant benefits will still accrue in each jurisdiction. Regardless, this Information Flow Triple should be implemented consistently within a transportation jurisdiction (i.e., the scope of a regional architecture).

Security

Information Flow Security
  Confidentiality Integrity Availability
Rating Moderate High Moderate
Basis Equipment software is sensitive and should include authentication data, thus should be MODERATE. Software updates to Center components must be authenticated as having come from a source entitled to provide that software, or roadway equipment may be comprimised. Similarly, such software must be guaranteed to being the intent of the originator; not manipulated midstream or corrupted, or the roadway equipment may be mis-configured or compromised. The ability to remotely update and configure software is inherent to their successful operation. If this link is down it either suggests or will prompt field maintenance activity, which has a non-trivial cost and resource impact.


Security Characteristics Value
Authenticable True
Encrypt True