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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This issue is not the manner of testing, but rather documenting it in an interoperability test report.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thomas Gannett<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>thomas.gannett@tgannett.net<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>+1 443 472 0805<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int [mailto:Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 30, 2016 2:47 AM<br><b>To:</b> Thomas Gannett<br><b>Cc:</b> Marco.Lanucara@esa.int; Salvador.Marti@esa.int; sls-rfm@mailman.ccsds.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: CCSDS Review of CCSDS 401.0-P-25.1, Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems-Part 1: Earth Stations and Spacecraft<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I am not aware that the YG does not allow independent simulations anymore ... We did that for the new PN ranging BB.</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I will check it .</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks for the info,</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Enrico</span> <br><br><br><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>From: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Thomas Gannett" <<a href="mailto:thomas.gannett@tgannett.net">thomas.gannett@tgannett.net</a>></span> <br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>To: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><<a href="mailto:Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int">Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int</a>></span> <br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Cc: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><<a href="mailto:Marco.Lanucara@esa.int">Marco.Lanucara@esa.int</a>>, <<a href="mailto:Salvador.Marti@esa.int">Salvador.Marti@esa.int</a>>, <<a href="mailto:sls-rfm@mailman.ccsds.org">sls-rfm@mailman.ccsds.org</a>></span> <br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Date: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>29/06/2016 17:30</span> <br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'>Subject: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RE: CCSDS Review of CCSDS 401.0-P-25.1, Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems-Part 1: Earth Stations and Spacecraft</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#004080'>Our procedures do not say anything about “independent simulations are allowed as well” in lieu of a test report.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#004080'> </span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#004080'>The difference is, in the past there have been pink updates or a mix of pink and red. This time the specification is new and standalone, and that will attract notice.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#004080'> </span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#004080'>But if you and Gian Paolo want to go ahead as is, I won’t try to stop you. I just hate to have things hung up in limbo status when polls end without approval.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#004080'> </span> <br><span style='color:#004080'> </span> <br><span style='color:#004080'>Thomas Gannett</span> <br><span style='color:#004080'><a href="mailto:thomas.gannett@tgannett.net">thomas.gannett@tgannett.net</a></span> <br><span style='color:#004080'>+1 443 472 0805</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#004080'> </span> <br><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int">Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int</a> [</span><a href="mailto:Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>mailto:Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>] <b><br>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:10 AM<b><br>To:</b> Thomas Gannett<b><br>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:Marco.Lanucara@esa.int">Marco.Lanucara@esa.int</a>; <a href="mailto:Salvador.Marti@esa.int">Salvador.Marti@esa.int</a>; <a href="mailto:sls-rfm@mailman.ccsds.org">sls-rfm@mailman.ccsds.org</a><b><br>Subject:</b> RE: CCSDS Review of CCSDS 401.0-P-25.1, Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems-Part 1: Earth Stations and Spacecraft</span> <br> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We have done it many times in the past .... independent simulations are allowed as well. I trust that Gian Paolo will re-use the winning formulation. </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Enrico</span> <br><br><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'><br>From: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Thomas Gannett" <</span><a href="mailto:thomas.gannett@tgannett.net"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>thomas.gannett@tgannett.net</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>></span> <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'><br>To: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><</span><a href="mailto:Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>></span> <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'><br>Cc: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><</span><a href="mailto:Marco.Lanucara@esa.int"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Marco.Lanucara@esa.int</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>, <</span><a href="mailto:Salvador.Marti@esa.int"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Salvador.Marti@esa.int</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>, <</span><a href="mailto:sls-rfm@mailman.ccsds.org"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>sls-rfm@mailman.ccsds.org</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>></span> <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'><br>Date: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>29/06/2016 17:07</span> <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'><br>Subject: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RE: CCSDS Review of CCSDS 401.0-P-25.1, Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems-Part 1: Earth Stations and Spacecraft</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#004080'><br>OK, but I think the probability is high that the CESG will reject the update without a test report.</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#004080'><br></span> <span style='color:#004080'><br></span> <span style='color:#004080'><br>Thomas Gannett</span> <u><span style='color:blue'><br></span></u><a href="mailto:thomas.gannett@tgannett.net">thomas.gannett@tgannett.net</a> <span style='color:#004080'><br>+1 443 472 0805</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#004080'><br></span> <b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span><a href="mailto:Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> [</span><a href="mailto:Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>mailto:Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>] <b><br>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 29, 2016 10:51 AM<b><br>To:</b> Thomas Gannett<b><br>Cc:</b> </span><a href="mailto:Marco.Lanucara@esa.int"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Marco.Lanucara@esa.int</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>; </span><a href="mailto:Salvador.Marti@esa.int"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Salvador.Marti@esa.int</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>; </span><a href="mailto:sls-rfm@mailman.ccsds.org"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>sls-rfm@mailman.ccsds.org</span></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> RE: CCSDS Review of CCSDS 401.0-P-25.1, Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems-Part 1: Earth Stations and Spacecraft </span><br> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Tom,</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>no, we had many independent simulations and some hardware tests presented in several input papers over the last 2-3 years.</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>Regards, Enrico</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'><br><br>From: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Thomas Gannett" <</span><a href="mailto:thomas.gannett@tgannett.net"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>thomas.gannett@tgannett.net</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>></span> <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'><br>To: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><</span><a href="mailto:Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>></span> <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'><br>Cc: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><</span><a href="mailto:sls-rfm@mailman.ccsds.org"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>sls-rfm@mailman.ccsds.org</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>, <</span><a href="mailto:Marco.Lanucara@esa.int"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Marco.Lanucara@esa.int</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>, <</span><a href="mailto:Salvador.Marti@esa.int"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Salvador.Marti@esa.int</span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>></span> <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'><br>Date: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>29/06/2016 16:37</span> <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5F5F5F'><br>Subject: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RE: CCSDS Review of CCSDS 401.0-P-25.1, Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems-Part 1: Earth Stations and Spacecraft </span><o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#004080'><br><br>Thanks, Enrico. Is there a test report? Tom</span> <br><span style='color:#004080'><br>Thomas Gannett</span> <u><span style='color:blue'><br></span></u><a href="mailto:thomas.gannett@tgannett.net">thomas.gannett@tgannett.net</a> <span style='color:#004080'><br>+1 443 472 0805</span> <br><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span><a href="mailto:Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> [</span><a href="mailto:Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>mailto:Enrico.Vassallo@esa.int</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>] <b><br>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 29, 2016 9:49 AM<b><br>To:</b> Thomas Gannett<b><br>Cc:</b> </span><a href="mailto:sls-rfm@mailman.ccsds.org"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>sls-rfm@mailman.ccsds.org</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>; </span><a href="mailto:Marco.Lanucara@esa.int"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Marco.Lanucara@esa.int</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>; </span><a href="mailto:Salvador.Marti@esa.int"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Salvador.Marti@esa.int</span></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> CCSDS Review of CCSDS 401.0-P-25.1, Radio Frequency and Modulation SystemsPart 1: Earth Stations and Spacecraft </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Dear Tom,</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>please find attached RID dispositions and updated recommendation 2.4.23 ready for publication request. I trust that the SLS AD will take care of the needed resolution as soon as he is back in office.</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>Note that I called the recommendation "pre-blue" since I discovered that I only had the Word version that the RFM WG submitted to you in November and not the one you published as pink sheet in PDF format. However, it seems to me that the latter has only a different page layout.</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>Moreover, the changes are few and clearly highlighted and I am sure you can copy them over the master document.</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>Best Regards, Enrico</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>This message and any attachments are intended for the use of the addressee or addressees only.</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>The unauthorised disclosure, use, dissemination or copying (either in whole or in part) of its</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>content is not permitted.</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>If you received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete it from your system.</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>Emails can be altered and their integrity cannot be guaranteed by the sender.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>Please consider the environment before printing this email.</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>This message and any attachments are intended for the use of the addressee or addressees only.</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>The unauthorised disclosure, use, dissemination or copying (either in whole or in part) of its</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>content is not permitted.</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>If you received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete it from your system.</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>Emails can be altered and their integrity cannot be guaranteed by the sender.</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br></span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>Please consider the environment before printing this email.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>This message and any attachments are intended for the use of the addressee or addressees only.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The unauthorised disclosure, use, dissemination or copying (either in whole or in part) of its</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>content is not permitted.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>If you received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete it from your system.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Emails can be altered and their integrity cannot be guaranteed by the sender.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Please consider the environment before printing this email.</span> <o:p></o:p></p><pre>This message and any attachments are intended for the use of the addressee or addressees only.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>The unauthorised disclosure, use, dissemination or copying (either in whole or in part) of its<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>content is not permitted.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>If you received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete it from your system.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Emails can be altered and their integrity cannot be guaranteed by the sender.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Please consider the environment before printing this email.<o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>