[Cesg-all] PRP A5-15 Announcement of Review Opportunity

[CCSDS Rapporteur]

Control Number: PRP A5-15

The following draft CCSDS Recommended Standard has been placed on line for 
CCSDS Agency review:

      CCSDS 133.1-R-4.  Encapsulation Service.  Red Book.
                        Issue 4.  September 2005.

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:  The draft CCSDS Recommended Standard for 
Encapsulation Service specifies a communications service to be used by 
space missions to transfer protocol data units that are not directly 
transferred by the Space Data Link Protocols over a ground-to-space or 
space-to-space communications link.  The current draft issue 4
   -  adds reference to Proximity 1 Space Link Protocol;
   -  adds note concerning differences between the Encapsulation Packet
      header and obsolete Encapsulation Data Unit header defined in
      original (superseded) Space Link Protocol documents;
   -  changes User Defined Field from 1 octet  to 4 bits;
   -  adds 4-bit Protocol ID Extension field.


The due date for receipt of review comments by the Review Coordinator is 
2005-12-16.  Area Directors and WG/BOF Chairs may submit review comments 
directly to the CCSDS Review Coordinator.  More information is available at 
the Web site identified below.

The review document, in Portable Document Format (PDF), and associated 
review materials are available for downloading at the following location:

      http://public.ccsds.org/sites/cwe/rids