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class=114392017-09052008>I would have to "re-think my thinking" (and likely
throw away a lot of code) to try to make my code work without
MAMS.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> sis-ams-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org
[mailto:sis-ams-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Scott
Burleigh<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 09, 2008 12:19 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
sis-ams@mailman.ccsds.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Sis-ams] scope of
interoperability testing<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Ray, Timothy J. (GSFC-583.0) wrote:
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hello all,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Assuming that the scope of our
interoperability testing is still an open topic, may I present a possible
approach that is similar to what was used for CFDP? (By the way,
do we plan to test the Remote AMS protocol?)</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Test series A1:
</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Basic message exchange (SEND,
QUERY, REPLY, and RECEIVE).</SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Each implementer provides a
single AMS node.</SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Static MIB contents
(IP-address and UDP port number for each implementation).</SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Each implemention initiates a
few SENDs and QUERYs with each of the other implementations.</SPAN></FONT>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Test series
A2:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Adds the Meta-AMS protocol to
series A1.</SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Details TBD)</SPAN></FONT>
</LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Test series
A3:</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Adds multi-point message
distribution (PUBLISH and ANNOUNCE) to series A2.</SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Details TBD)</SPAN></FONT>
</LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Test series A4: (if
needed)</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tests the Remote AMS
protocol.</SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Details TBD)</SPAN></FONT>
</LI></UL></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>I like the
incremental approach, Tim, but this plan would present a small problem for me:
in the absence of Meta-AMS in test series A1 I would have to develop an
additional static-configuration capability for my implementation, which it
otherwise doesn't require and wouldn't use.<BR><BR>But maybe this isn't as
much work as I'm imagining it could be; I need to give this some
thought.<BR><BR>Scott<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>