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<p class="MsoNormal">As I have mentioned before, I don’t have a problem with making the BPv6 book a “silver book” - other than existing missions that use it, no new missions are contemplating bpv6 now, and no new features will be added to ION v3.7.x versions
(bpv6), just bug fixes as they come up.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However, I strongly disagree with making the ltpv1 spec “silver” at this time.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There are currently bpv7 (ION 4.1) / ltpv1 systems being developed for flight missions, and assuming that the promised IETF spec for bpv7 is out soon (something we’ve been promised for months now), contracts may have to be let soon by NASA
that specify BPv7/LTPv1.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What CCSDS never considers is the fact that from the time a new CCSDS spec hits the street until the DSN is funded to implement, test and be ready to offer that new protocol as a service, it’s $millions and years before that happens.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CCSDS and the DTN program already shot DTN in the kneecaps by rushing in to BPv7 right at the time NASA was starting to let contracts for vendors and get the DSN to support DTN – no specs for BPv7 meant no way to specify DTN but to lamely
describe “features” like “store and forward”, so vendors were left to either reinvent DTN by some software over UDP/IP/CCSDS telemetry or to look at cFS or ION with bpv6/ltpv1. CCSDS couldn’t even agree that a spec for BSSP was necessary, so when we had to
support that for the KPLO mission, we couldn’t even put it in the ICD properly (citing “man pages” isn’t an approved way to write an ICD).. So as of today, contracts that would come out in the next year or so for specifying DTN use in the 2024-25 timeframe
(and near-term RFIs for Marsnet) will have to specify BPv7 (assuming IETF comes through soon) and LTPv1.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Then NASA will have to fund the DSN to incorporate ION v4.x.x to have a BPv7 and LTPv1 capability.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nip ltpv1 in the bud? Here’s what it is going to take to get ltpv2 in place and ready to support missions that are supported by the DSN:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The steps:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo7">Define the spec and at least get a Redbook out –<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo7">Pay at least two independent groups to write two LTPv2 implementations for the purpose of interoperability testing to validate the spec. (standard CCSDS practice except when no one else cares,
as was the case with SCPS)<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<span style="color:windowtext">One implementation should be ION, as that is what will go into the DSN – and that’s not funded at present.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo11">Test these reference implementation to certify that the new specification is correct, and then commence the process of going from Redbook to Bluebook.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo11">Make these “reference implementations” available to DTN implementors and the DTN ION Hardening / DSN implementation test teams at JPL to<o:p></o:p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo11">Write the official ION implementation of LTPv2 for the DSN<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo11">Validate the performance, memory management, set-up methods and efficiency of the new LTPv2, at least for DSN RF downlink speeds. (Optical comm implementations at Table Mountain, etc is a whole
‘nother discussion)<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo11">Fund the DSN, NSN, and maybe MSU, to install, test and operate LTPv2 so the ground infrastructure can support it.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo11">Then we will be in a position to encourage use of LTPv2, assist any early-stage vendors to switch over to LTPv2, and come up with cost-benefits analyses that will show NASA why it is worth paying
vendors or (by then) flight missions to switch over to LTPv2, do all the interoperability testing with NSN and DSN, etc.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If CCSDS and SCaN can come up with the budget and timetable that would let steps 1-6 be accomplished in the next 12-24 months, then maybe killing ltpv1 now would be OK. But I also might as well ask for a pony for
Christmas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">On the other hand, if you just want to insure that DTN will not be used in Lunanet until 2030, then go ahead and deprecate ltpv1 now, making it unlikely any vendor in the next 3-4 years will implement ltp at all
(no spec, no DSN support, no sale. I know you can still cite a silver book in a contract, but knowing that ltpv1 is a deprecated standard means no one would be eager to implement it.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The DSN is going to have to support 3 versions of DTN as it stands now – BPv6/ltpv1, BPv7/ltpv1 and BPv7/ltp2, and two of the three are not funded for infusion any time soon. (and ION development isn’t funded yet for ltpv2 compatibility.)
No one has funded the implementation of USLP in the DSN yet either, by the way, and no reference implementations have been made available to commercial telemetry vendors.. I hold that up as yet another case where CCSDS specs come out years and years before
anyone in the community is ready to use them in an end-to-end system.. (Want to discuss how long it took between the time I was NASA rapporteur for “protocol-X” (circa 1997?), which became CFDP, and the time when some missions actually used it?)
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have no faith that steps 1-6 above can be completed in time to get the Lunar missions on the bandwagon to use BPv7 over a “high speed” LTP version not many spacecraft would even need. (I believe that LTPv2 could well serve for specialized
optical comm missions that needed the high speed FPGA implementations, and LTPv1 could continue to serve most RF missions.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We can<span style="color:black"> move in the direction of BPv7/LTPv2 certainly, but don’t eliminate the CCSDS Bluebook for LTPv1 until there are specs for BPv7 and LTPv2 that can be used by NASA in contracts (or by DSN in ICDs).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Leigh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">SIS-DTN <sis-dtn-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org> on behalf of "Shames, Peter M (US 312B) via SIS-DTN" <sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"Shames, Peter M (US 312B)" <peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, October 11, 2021 at 5:55 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Vint Cerf <vint@google.com>, "Scott, Keith L." <kscott@mitre.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org" <sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org>, "Gifford, Kevin" <kevin.gifford@colorado.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Sis-dtn] [EXTERNAL] Re: [EXT] RE: LTP vs LTPv2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Vint and Keith,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Given that we are really just getting started with building and deploying DTN and LTP based systems in space in any broad sense I think we are better off silverizing these now and nipping in the bud any expansion of these older protocols
we are trying to leave behind.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With IPv4 vs IPv6 there was already a major deployment of IPv4 such that it could not easily be abandoned. In our case I think LTPv1 and BPv6 are more like IPv1, v2, and v3. They must have existed along the way to IPv4, but they are now
lost to the dusts of time. In the RFC Editor files there is not even a mention of these, but I assume that they existed at some point.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I worry with our current relatively small community that we will just start to build in more complexity if we perpetuate both versions of both of these key protocols.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards, Peter<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Vint Cerf <vint@google.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, October 11, 2021 at 7:18 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Keith Scott <KSCOTT@mitre.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de" <tomaso.decola@dlr.de>, Peter Shames <peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov>, "sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org" <sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org>, "Gifford, Kevin" <Kevin.Gifford@colorado.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Sis-dtn] [EXTERNAL] Re: [EXT] RE: LTP vs LTPv2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">i think Keith and Leigh have correctly characterized the situation. I would stick with both as valid but incompatible. CF: IPv4 and IPv6'
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 10:12 AM Dr. Keith L Scott <<a href="mailto:kscott@mitre.org">kscott@mitre.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Peter,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I think the real issue at hand is whether or not to maintain the LTPv1 spec as Blue once LTPv2 is published.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">My interpretation of Leigh’s argument is that vendors are currently implementing to LTPv1 (and the current BPv6-based BP for CCSDS Book) and that deprecating those specs in favor
of new, non-backward-compatible ones would be looked upon unfavorably.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> v/r,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> --keith<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de" target="_blank">Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de</a> <<a href="mailto:Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de" target="_blank">Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, October 11, 2021 at 3:11 AM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov</a> <<a href="mailto:peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Dr. Keith L Scott <<a href="mailto:kscott@mitre.org" target="_blank">kscott@mitre.org</a>>, Gifford, Kevin <<a href="mailto:kevin.gifford@colorado.edu" target="_blank">kevin.gifford@colorado.edu</a>>,
<a href="mailto:marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov</a> <<a href="mailto:marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov</a>>,
<a href="mailto:sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org" target="_blank">sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org</a> <<a href="mailto:sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org" target="_blank">sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: [EXT] RE: LTP vs LTPv2</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear Peter,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">Thank you for your kind support and availability for helping us in finding a suitable solution.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">Indeed the two options you have mentioned are also those we have put on the table as possible solutions, although both of them show pros and cons and therefore
compromise and agreement/consensus between the parties will have to be reached. This discussion will keep on going during the next DTN telco as well as the official CCSDS DTN WG Fall meetings in order to reach soon an agreed approach as also mentioned by Keith
in a previous e-mail. In case no solution will be agreed, then I’ll certainly bring this point in the SIS area summary at the CESG meeting in November in order to find a way out for this impasse. Obviously, I’ll certainly count on your and other CESG colleagues
suggestions to move forward and more importantly to avoid any postponed decision that would be detrimental to the activities of the DTN WG.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">Best Regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB">Tomaso</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b> Shames, Peter M (US 312B) <<a href="mailto:peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Samstag, 9. Oktober 2021 01:26<br>
<b>To:</b> Kevin K Gifford <<a href="mailto:kevin.gifford@colorado.edu" target="_blank">kevin.gifford@colorado.edu</a>>; Dr. Keith L Scott <<a href="mailto:kscott@mitre.org" target="_blank">kscott@mitre.org</a>>; Cola, Tomaso de <<a href="mailto:Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de" target="_blank">Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de</a>>;
Sanchez Net, Marc (US 332H) <<a href="mailto:marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org" target="_blank">sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [EXT] RE: LTP vs LTPv2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Guys,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">As a long term member of the CESG I do agree that you can kick it “upstairs” to the CESG and have, I believe, a hope of getting a sensible response (most of the time). Heck, we
are human and therefore fallible.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">From my own point of view I recommend doing two things:<o:p></o:p></p>
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As I understand it, they are different protocols, hence not “backward compatible”. Using the “version” option, including, in this case, adopting some explicit name extension like LTPv2 makes the most sense to me. The rationale for that is that what you plan
to produce is not backward compatible with v1. In other words, there is no way to configure V2, without the new options, and still have a v1 implementation accept it.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-m8154986756107230884msolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l9 level1 lfo3">
Silverize the v1 book. This is normally done when a new protocol version is created. The old silver book will still be available and it may be referenced with its (new) silver name and number. This has happened before with other specs. It is not unusual
for some mission to nail their interface to some specific version of a document, even, in some cases, a Red Book (which is really dangerous since they are likely to change).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If you want to discuss this further please let me know. And it you do decide to send it to the CESG you now know where I stand, and why. Of course, if any of my assumptions are
flawed I am happy to be corrected.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Cheers, Peter<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Friday, October 8, 2021 at 11:58 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Keith Scott <<a href="mailto:kscott@mitre.org" target="_blank">kscott@mitre.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de" target="_blank">Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de</a>" <<a href="mailto:Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de" target="_blank">Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de</a>>,
Marc Sanchez Net <<a href="mailto:marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"<a href="mailto:sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org" target="_blank">sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org" target="_blank">sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org</a>>, Peter Shames <<a href="mailto:peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">peter.m.shames@jpl.nasa.gov</a>>,
Kevin K Gifford <<a href="mailto:kevin.gifford@colorado.edu" target="_blank">kevin.gifford@colorado.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] Re: [EXT] RE: LTP vs LTPv2</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hi SIS-DTN - </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">FWIW, I want to emphasize that the CESG does a great job in this regard (fixing issues that arise in WGs or inter-WG conflicts or inter-agency
conflicts).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Keith was a member of the CESG for several years and understands this vital role that the CESG plays in issues such as this</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thus, my
<b>two cents worth</b> is await CESG advice as well as Keith already stated (I wanted to maybe ease any queasiness in regard to CESG involvement/inputs).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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on behalf of Dr. Keith L Scott <<a href="mailto:kscott@mitre.org" target="_blank">kscott@mitre.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 8, 2021 12:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de" target="_blank">Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de</a> <<a href="mailto:Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de" target="_blank">Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de</a>>;
<a href="mailto:marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov</a> <<a href="mailto:marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org" target="_blank">sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org</a> <<a href="mailto:sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org" target="_blank">sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Sis-dtn] [EXT] RE: LTP vs LTPv2</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal">OK fine, if the CESG decides to not rule on it, great, we’ll make a decision in the WG and they can live with it (and we can certainly discuss it SOME in the WG; don’t want to put too much time into it until the
CESG is at least given a chance to get us out of this).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"> --keith<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de" target="_blank">Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de</a> <<a href="mailto:Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de" target="_blank">Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, October 8, 2021 at 10:04 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Dr. Keith L Scott <<a href="mailto:kscott@mitre.org" target="_blank">kscott@mitre.org</a>>,
<a href="mailto:marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov</a> <<a href="mailto:marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org" target="_blank">sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org</a> <<a href="mailto:sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org" target="_blank">sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: [EXT] RE: LTP vs LTPv2</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Hi Keith,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I agree with your point on troubles in maintaining two books and the fact that this will imply the same treatment for BPv7. Then whether agencies are happy to refer to a silver book rather than
a blue book is a bit question mark in my opinion. I remember we decided a few years ago not to silverize SCPS-TP exactly because there were activities or usage of the corresponding blue book.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We can certainly bring this matter to the next CESG meeting, although I fear that there might be no strict decision in this regard, since I think there is no specific rule again either approaches
and the hot potato could be sent back to WG.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Tomaso</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><b>From:</b> Dr. Keith L Scott <<a href="mailto:kscott@mitre.org" target="_blank">kscott@mitre.org</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Freitag, 8. Oktober 2021 15:52<br>
<b>To:</b> Cola, Tomaso de <<a href="mailto:Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de" target="_blank">Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de</a>>;
<a href="mailto:marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org" target="_blank">sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [EXT] RE: LTP vs LTPv2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal">I don’t like it, but I propose that the WG move forward with developing the book and you bring up the new-version vs. new-book issue to the CESG.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal">Reasons I don’t like the two-book solution:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
So now we’re maintaining two versions of LTP, which version are folks supposed to choose for missions going forward? They’ll choose the one with flight heritage, right?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
We’ll have to do the same thing with BPv7<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
There’s a version number in the header; receivers will know what was sent.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
The book as Silver is still reference-able. If folks have systems they’re building to the current (v1) book, they can switch to referencing the silver book.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
Why don’t we do that with ALL CCSDS books, backward-compatible or not?<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">--keith<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de" target="_blank">Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de</a> <<a href="mailto:Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de" target="_blank">Tomaso.deCola@dlr.de</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, October 8, 2021 at 4:19 AM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov</a> <<a href="mailto:marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov" target="_blank">marc.sanchez.net@jpl.nasa.gov</a>>, Dr. Keith L Scott <<a href="mailto:kscott@mitre.org" target="_blank">kscott@mitre.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org" target="_blank">sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org</a> <<a href="mailto:sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org" target="_blank">sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXT] RE: LTP vs LTPv2</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Then probably we should better keep two books, one with the “old LTP” for which we’ll do some pink sheets to fix some inconsistencies and another one (the new LTP). In such a away we could have
two versions of LTP available, similarly to IPv4 and IPv6 in IETF. Probably we may have to slightly change the title of the books (v1 and v2?) to have a clear demarcation between the two version of the protocols and avoid any ambiguity.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:kscott@mitre.org" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">@Scott, Keith L.</span></a>:what do you think?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Tomaso</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><b>From:</b> SIS-DTN <<a href="mailto:sis-dtn-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org" target="_blank">sis-dtn-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sanchez Net, Marc (US 332H) via SIS-DTN<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2021 00:21<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org" target="_blank">sis-dtn@mailman.ccsds.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Sis-dtn] LTP vs LTPv2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal">All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal">I had to leave today’s meeting early. Did we reach consensus on how to proceed?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal">Also, I will note that some colleagues at JPL (I have similar concerns) do not really like the idea of turning the current version of LTP into a silver book. The problem is that, by definition, a silver book implies
that a protocol is deprecated or obsolete, but several systems that are being built today use BPv6+LTP or BPv7+LTP and thus might be in operation for a long time. So, essentially, we are “telling” industry that they have developed an already obsolete standard?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal">Marc Sanchez Net<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-m8154986756107230884xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Telecommunications Engineer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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