Re: ULE implementations and interoperability testing

[Frank.Zeppenfeldt@esa.int]

Dear Hidetaka,

We have an interoperability test planned in the first week of February 2004
between the two ESA sponsored implementations, see

http://telecom.esa.int/telecom/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=11271
http://telecom.esa.int/telecom/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=11265

After this basic interoperability event, a representative hex dump of a TS
with ULE 2.0 will be made available to the ip-over-dvb mailing list in such a
way that also other ULE implementers can do their interoperability tests.

It is our aim to have this dump and a corresponding description available on
the ip-over-dvb list a week after testing (if we reach a reasonable state of
interoperability during the first week of February).

In addition, one implementation mentioned above  will support one of the
well-known DVB-S receiving cards for Linux, and the required drivers to
support ULE 2.0 will be made freely available. This would be another way of
interoperability testing with your ULE 2.0 sender.

More details after the first week of February.

Best regards,

Frank





                                                                                                                                       
                      Hidetaka                                                                                                         
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Dear Frank,

I'm Hidetaka Izumiyama and I run a company called Wishnet Inc in Japan.
I used to chair IETF's UDLR-WG.

We have started implementation of ULE and we are very much interested in
the interoperability testing.  I would appreciate it if you could
provide me with further information on the interoperability testing or
advise how details can be found.

Many thanks in advance for your assistance and I look forward to hearing
from you soon.

Best regards,

Hidetaka Izumiyama

President CEO
Wishnet Inc.
5-15-10-101 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku
Tokyo, 108-0071, Japan
Tel.+81-3-5447-7130
Fax.+81-3-5447-7131
Email: izu@wishnet.co.jp

> 1. ULE implementations
>
> Two teams that were implementing ULE gave a presentation at the ip-over-dvb
> BOF at IETF-58. Information on these two ESA sponsored projects that will
> target the upcoming ULE draft revision 2 can be found on the ESA Telecom
> website:
>
> http://telecom.esa.int/telecom/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=11271
>
> and
>
> http://telecom.esa.int/telecom/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=11265
>
> This is related to other activities the European Space Agency has initiated
> to support the IPv4 to IPv6 transition in satellite telecommunications,
more
> information on this can be found on
>
> http://telecom.esa.int/telecom/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=11405
>
> 2. ULE availability
>
> A number of senders (modified routers or DVB-S encapsulators) and receivers
> ( PCI cards or modified routers) using these two prototype implementations
> will be available for experiments and interoperability tests, via ESA or
the
> projects contacts. They are expected to be available around February 2004.
>
> 3. ULE traces
>
> As stated in the IETF-58 minutes: packet hex dumps used in these projects
> will be made available for early interoperability testing. They will be
> available via the IP-over-DVB list.
>
> 4. ULE interoperability testing
>
> Concerning receiver testing: in case there is interest , we would be
willing
> to setup  at certain times a DVB-S carrier on a satellite with European
> coverage with  e.g.:
>       - one PID with ULE carrying  IPv4
>       - one PID with ULE carrying  IPv6
>
> Concerning sender testing: our uplink facilities could be made available
for
> such purposes.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Frank
>
>
>
> Frank.Zeppenfeldt@esa.int
> Tel +31 (0)71 5654376
> Fax +31 (0)71 5654093
> http://telecom.esa.int/
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