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Hi all,<br><br>
OK, based on the last call I drafted the beginnings of a white
paper.<br><br>
I kept it short - hopefully you can all read the whole thing.<br><br>
If we all agree to this structure and the descriptions I think we can
restart the books.<br><br>
BTW, it would not hurt my feelings if we deleted the OBL service
interface and simply defined a Intra-network service interface (This is
what I did in this white paper). Not clear that the OBL interface
is usable since on board a spacecraft we are time critical and OBL is a
on demand type of service not coordinated with anything else.<br><br>
Also, the OBL service interface seems to get in the way more than it
helps. For example some OBL's support protocol multiplexing.
For those that do the Intra-Net should map directly. We already
have IP addresses. It would seem that mapping directly from IP
addresses to OBL addresses is what is usually done and makes sense.
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For these reasons I am proposing that the OBL service interface be
deleted and replaced with a private interface to the Intra-networking
service.<br><br>
Please read my section on address mapping. It makes sense to me I
think it can be implemented and it is in line with existing IP
implementations.<br><br>
Steve, I modified the picture to remove the OBL service interface and to
move address resolution inside and between the Intra-networking service
and OBL. (In case you cannot open the figure again).<br><br>
If we stick to what is written here I think I can actually see a way to
implement this consistently across various bus. This is the first
time I have had such clarity and I am going on vacation before any of you
spoil it.<br><br>
I am on vacation next week. So this and the modified diagrams are
my contribution to the white paper.<br><br>
Rick<br><br>
PS I did not use the message board because I do not have my
password. Someone can post this if they like. If you reply to
this message Please: <font size=4><u>do not reply inline</u></font>
- add your response to the top. After one pass of the in line
comments I cannot follow and on a mailing list like this the likely hood
that I will get many reply's is almost surely one.<br><br>
As always correct my thinking as required.<br><br>
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