[Sois-tcons] RE: SOIS TCONS

[Chris Plummer]

Hi Steve,

 

The sort of thing we need is something that will sell TCONS to a project
manager. That means that it needs to be less than three minutes long
verbally (including the 2 minute phone call interruption) and must be no
more than 2 A4 pages of printed matter of which at least one and a half
pages should be cartoons and words should be in 18 point text minimum. The
emphasis must be on how TCONS will make that project managers life more
endurable, which means that there is no real room for technical arguments,
and certainly no scope for a bitching session about TCP/IP. To do that you
need to try to feel the way that project manager feels.

 

Seriously, CCSDS secretariat now includes professional PR and marketing
support. If we can get TCONS through next week I think we should start try
to get some input from that function!

 

Cheers,

            Chris.

 

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From: Steve Parkes [mailto:sparkes at computing.dundee.ac.uk] 
Sent: 04 April 2005 18:03
To: Chris Plummer
Cc: 'Patrick.Plancke at esa.int'; 'sois-tcons at mailman.ccsds.org'
Subject: SOIS TCONS

 

Chris,

 

Following on from the last teleconference, could you let me know what else
you need besides the slides that I have already provide, after your previous
request?

 

Some thoughts about USPs for TCONS:

-          Provides various traffic classes appropriate for onboard use

o        Best effort with priority

o        Guaranteed delivery with priority

o        Scheduled delivery (deterministic)

-          Can carry other protocols (e.g. TCP/IP) without upsetting
time-critical traffic

-          TCONS maintains the following features which may also be present
in other protocols:

o        Generic interface to application software across different
underlying buses/networks

o        Interoperability

*         Software interoperability via API definition

*         Equipment interoperability via PDU and protocol definition

 

Regards

 

Steve

 

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Steve Parkes

Space Systems Research Group

Applied Computing, University of Dundee

Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland, UK

Tel: +44 1382 345194

Fax: +44 1382 348838

Mobile: +44 784 138 3779

 

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