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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We have a service version number in the header, so if we bump the version of all MO services (which is expected), it will
have the impact you expect, won’t it ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The important interoperability contract is at Service level, not MAL level. We could add also a MAL-version field in the
PDU but I think the overhead will not bring any value since we already have the service version defined, but I might be wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Olivier<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">De :</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> MOIMS-SC <moims-sc-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org>
<b>De la part de</b> Shames, Peter M (US 312B) via MOIMS-SC<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> lundi 22 mai 2023 14:25<br>
<b>À :</b> Coelho, César <cesar.coelho@cgi.com>; moims-sc@mailman.ccsds.org<br>
<b>Objet :</b> Re: [Moims-sc] [EXTERNAL] [CCSDS] MAL Header - Optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If the defined values are within USHORT range that aspect sounds fine, and you won’t have to change the current list. But the change to these field lengths means that you will not have interoperability between different
versions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I saw nor mention of version number changes. So I find this change of the fundamental header structures and field sizes, without a change of version number, to be out of compliance with normal CCSDS practices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I will point out that there are changes in
<u>document</u> version numbers for other standards, but these do not involve changes in
<u>PDU format</u> nor version numbers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regards, Peter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">"Coelho, César" <<a href="mailto:cesar.coelho@cgi.com">cesar.coelho@cgi.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, May 22, 2023 at 1:42 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Peter Shames <<a href="mailto:peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov">peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov</a>>, MOIMS-SC MOIMS-SC <<a href="mailto:moims-sc@mailman.ccsds.org">moims-sc@mailman.ccsds.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: [EXTERNAL] [Moims-sc] [CCSDS] MAL Header - Optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi Peter,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">All the previously defined service areas, services, and operations are within the UOctet range.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">They can be casted into the UOctet type.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">César Coelho<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none"> Shames, Peter M (US 312B) <<a href="mailto:peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov">peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 20, 2023 1:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Coelho, César <<a href="mailto:cesar.coelho@cgi.com">cesar.coelho@cgi.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:moims-sc@mailman.ccsds.org">moims-sc@mailman.ccsds.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [EXTERNAL] [Moims-sc] [CCSDS] MAL Header - Optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-ligatures:none">EXTERNAL SENDER:
</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Do not click any links or open any attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe.</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
EXPÉDITEUR EXTERNE: </span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Ne cliquez sur aucun lien et n’ouvrez aucune pièce jointe à moins qu’ils ne proviennent d’un expéditeur fiable, ou que vous ayez l'assurance
que le contenu provient d'une source sûre.</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It’s your choice, of course, but doesn’t this totally blow backward compatibility? The only way this would be allowed in most CCSDS specs is if it were given a different version number.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regards, Peter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">MOIMS-SC <<a href="mailto:moims-sc-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org">moims-sc-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org</a>> on behalf of MOIMS-SC MOIMS-SC <<a href="mailto:moims-sc@mailman.ccsds.org">moims-sc@mailman.ccsds.org</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"Coelho, César" <<a href="mailto:cesar.coelho@cgi.com">cesar.coelho@cgi.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, May 19, 2023 at 7:30 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>MOIMS-SC MOIMS-SC <<a href="mailto:moims-sc@mailman.ccsds.org">moims-sc@mailman.ccsds.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] [Moims-sc] [CCSDS] MAL Header - Optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Dear SM&Cers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I would like to propose an optimization in the MAL Headers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Basically, to change the type of Service Area, Service, and Operation, to UOctet (range is 0 to 255):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Field</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Type</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Description</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span lang="EN-GB">From<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="#_URI_">Identifier</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Message Source<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="#_Blob_">Blob</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Authentication Identifier of Message Originator <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span lang="EN-GB">To<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="#_URI_">Identifier</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Message Destination<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span lang="EN-GB">Timestamp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Message generation timestamp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Interaction Pattern Type<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="#_UOctet">UOctet</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Interaction Pattern Stage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span lang="EN-GB">Transaction Id<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Unique to consumer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span lang="EN-GB">Service Area<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This optimization also allows the <u>Fully Qualified Short Form Part</u> to be defined using a
<b>UInteger (4Bytes)</b> instead of a <b>ULong (8Bytes)</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Area Number (UShort – 2B), Area Version (UShort – 2B), Service Number (UShort – 2B), SFP (Short – 2B)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">To:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Area Number (UOctet – 1B), Area Version (UOctet – 1B), SFP (Short – 2B)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In terms of changes, this is easy to fix in the books, and also in the code.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Let me know if you disagree with this optimization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If I receive no reply within the next 2 weeks, I will assume that you agree and I will update the book accordingly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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