<span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Dear colleagues,</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">please find enclosed
the proposed changes by Jon to the VCM BB discussed during the joint C&S/RFM
meeting. Please send your comments before <b>1st July 2021</b> (if
any) directly to John with CC Enrico and I, and C&S mailing list.</span>
<br>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Regards</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Andrea</span>
<br>
<br>
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Space Operations for ESA - European Space Agency</b></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:8pt;color:#00a1e0;font-family:Verdana"><b>Ph.D.
Andrea Modenini</b></span><span style=" font-size:8pt;color:#808080;font-family:Verdana"><b><br>
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Forwarded by Andrea Modenini/estec/ESA on 10-06-21 17:25 -----</span>
<br>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">From:
</span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">"Jon
Hamkins" <Jon.Hamkins@jpl.caltech.edu></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">To:
</span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">"Andrea
Modenini (external)" <Andrea.Modenini@esa.int>, "Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int"
<Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int></span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Date:
</span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">09-06-21
18:48</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:9pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-family:sans-serif">Subject:
</span><span style=" font-size:9pt;font-family:sans-serif">VCM
technical corrigendum wording (AI_21_01)</span>
<br>
<hr noshade>
<br>
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<br><span style=" font-size:12pt">Andrea, Enrico,</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:12pt">Attached is a draft VCM technical corrigendum
in response to AI_21_01 from the C&S WG. I completed this in consultation
with Ken Andrews and John Pietras.</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:12pt">The main changes are in two places: Section
3.2.3 and Section 3.3.2.3 to 3.3.2.4. In summary, with the new wording
the randomization is determined by VCM type:</span>
<ul>
<li><span style=" font-size:12pt">Type 1 (SCCC-like) VCM will randomize
the Transfer Frames as the SCCC standard does, using the TM randomizer.</span>
<li><span style=" font-size:12pt">Type 2 (DVB-S2-like) VCM will randomize
the sliced encoder-inputs as the DVB-S2 standard does, using the ETSI DVB-S2
baseband scrambler.</span></ul><span style=" font-size:12pt">This will make
the CCSDS VCM standard consistent with the 131.2-B-1 and 131.3-B-1 books
(SCCC and DVB-S2), with respect to randomization.</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:12pt">These changes are not related to randomization
that occurs after encoding. The VCM protocol standard already applies post-encoding
randomization, at the physical layer.</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:12pt">Can you forward this message to the RFM
and C&S mailing lists along with your guidance on how/when to respond
with comments? I believe we agreed to resolve this action by email.</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:12pt"> ----Jon</span>
<br><span style=" font-size:12pt">-- <b><br>
Jon Hamkins</b><br>
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