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WHAT: SBN / NOAAPort Expansion& Hardware Upgrade
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DATE: September 08, 2010
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NOTICE: #001
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IMPLEMENTATION DATE: March 2011
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Attention: NOAAPort Customers
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AGENDA:
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The AWIPS Program Office (APO) is planning on expanding the bandwidth on the
AWIPS Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN/NOAAPort) feed from 10.24Mbps to about
30Mbps.
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As part of this expansion, the SBN/NOAAPort feed will also be transitioning
from the current DVB-S standard to the more efficient DVB-S2 standard.
Accordingly, all sites will be required to upgrade their hardware to support
the DVB-S2 standard.
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As technical specifications are finalized& hardened, the APO will provide
monthly message updates via multiple dissemination methods as well as the NOAAPort
webpage:
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http://www.nws.noaa.gov/noaaport/html/noaaport.shtml
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To aid our customers with the transition, there will be a 30 day window (March
5th 2011 ? April 3rd 2011) of dual illumination to allow AWIPS sites and
NOAAPort customers adequate time to complete the transition. During this
transition period, the full SBN/NOAAPort feed will be disseminated both in
DVB-S and DVB-S2.
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Internally, NWS plans to use backwardly-compatible receive-side hardware (to
enable the equipment transition to commence prior to the dual illumination
period).
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The driving force of this bandwidth expansion and hardware upgrade is to
support the dissemination of additional data products over the SBN / NOAAport
such as:
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?Dual Polarization Radar Products
?GOES and POES Satellite Products
?Analysis and Forecast Products (e.g., NCEP Models)
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Current plans dictate that any new, voluminous product additions will need to
be held till after the initial SBN bandwidth expansion phase has been
completed. The SBN product additions will be described further in subsequent
notices.
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Note: This information notice will be posted on the NWS Data Management
Notices Web Page:
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http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml
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If you have any questions, we encourage you to contact us via email at the
following email address:
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NWS.NOAAPort.Support@xxxxxxxx
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Thank you,
NWS NOAAPort Support Team