[CMC] RE: [CESG] Rough, unofficial CESG "top 10" highlights from Athens

[Chris Plummer]

Just to clarify the SOIS action. We've suspended the TCONS and OBL working
groups temporarily while we conduct an area review of their documents. We
are intending to complete that review by the end of this month so that the
results can be taken into account during the revision of the operational
plan. Our early impression is that there is some good material that can be
drawn from these working groups but we need to overcome their resistance to
publish. We intend to have these working groups back in action with much
clearer goals and closer monitoring well before the Atlanta meeting.

 

Chris.

 

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From: cesg-bounces at mailman.ccsds.org [mailto:cesg-bounces at mailman.ccsds.org]
On Behalf Of Adrian J. Hooke
Sent: 20 April 2005 23:21
To: CCSDS Management Council
Cc: CCSDS Engineering Steering Group - ADs
Subject: [CESG] Rough, unofficial CESG "top 10" highlights from Athens

 

The CESG met for a couple of hours last Friday meeting to summarize the
major points from the week of meetings in Athens. Formal and complete Area
Reports and resolutions should be available by 13 May. Meanwhile, here is a
quick and completely unofficial personal summary of the highlights, which I
gleaned from my notes. This summary is presented as preliminary information
only and corrections by the Area Directors are welcome, if I missed or
misrepresented anything.

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1. The CSS Service Management Red Book schedule cannot be maintained unless
the continued support of Paula Quintela is guaranteed.

2. The SOIS "TCONS" and "Bus-LAN" Working Groups have been suspended
indefinitely by the Area Director, pending an in-depth Area-level review of
the reasons for their slow progress.

3. The SIS Space Packet Protocol WG, the SIS Unacknowledged CFDP Extensions
WG, and the SIS DTN-BOF have all completed their work and are closing down.

4. The SIS Cislunar Working Group seriously needs some support outside of
NASA, in particular by the ESA Aurora program.

5. The SLS "new codes" (LDPCC) BOF has failed to reach agreement on needs
and requirements as has been dissolved.

6. The Prox-1 Build 2 Working Group is deadlocked over a BNSC/JPL
disagreement about the performance effects of symbol-to-symbol jitter
specification. Both sides are to prove their performance claims.

7. We need to find a mechanism to disseminate the new Data Compression (and
other) reference software. The "Open Channel Foundation"
http://www.openchannelfoundation.org <http://www.openchannelfoundation.org/>
should be explored.

8. The Systems Engineering Area Director is "deeply troubled" by what he
considers to be the unprecedented termination of the Systems Architecture
Working Group.

9. There is concern that locking our meeting cycle to the OMG's results in
an uneven working cycle for CCSDS. Approximately 50% of the SLS WGs will not
meet in Atlanta.

10. The presentation of content on the CCSDS website needs major work, and
we need a training session on the CWE.

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Best regards
Adrian



Adrian J. Hooke
Chairman, CCSDS Engineering Steering Group (CESG)

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