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NOXX10 KWBC 151408
DATA MGT MESSAGE 04-11.2
TO NOAAPORT USERS
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION/HARDWARE UPGRADE/NOTICE - 006
WHAT - SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION AND HARDWARE UPGRADE
DATE - APRIL 152011
NOTICE - 006
SBN ACTIVATION INFORMATION - APRIL 18 2011
THE NEW -SBN/NOAAPORT- SIGNAL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED
FOR ACTIVATION THE MORNING OF 04/18/11-1300Z.
PLANNING DATES
1. PLANNED IMPLEMENTATION DATE - APRIL 18
2. DUAL ILLUMINATION DATES - APR 18 TO MAY 17
3. DECOMMISSION OLD DVB-S DOWNLINK - MAY 17
AS EVERYONE IS AWARE THE AWIPS PROGRAM IS IN THE
PROCESS OF EXPANDING THE BANDWIDTH ON THE AWIPS
SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK -SBN/NOAAPORT- FEED
FROM ABOUT 10MBPS TO ABOUT 30MBPS.
AS PART OF THIS EXPANSIONTHE FEED WILL BE
TRANSITIONING FROM A DVB-S TO A DVB-S2 STANDARD.
ACCORDINGLYALL SITES WILL BE REQUIRED TO UPGRADE
THEIR HARDWARE TO SUPPORT THE DVB-S2 STANDARD.
ALL TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AS WELL AS UPDATES ON
THE PROJECT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NOAAPORT/HTML/NOAAPORT.SHTML
<http://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NOAAPORT/HTML/NOAAPORT.SHTML>
A 30 DAY WINDOW OF DUAL ILLUMINATION IS PLANNED TO
ALLOW NWS SITES AND NOAAPORT CUSTOMERS TIME TO
COMPLETE THE TRANSITION. DURING THIS PERIODTHE
FULL -SBN/NOAAPORT- FEED WILL BE DISSEMINATED IN
BOTH DVB-S AND DVB-S2.
INTERNALLYNWS PLANS TO USE BACKWARDLY-COMPATIBLE
RECEIVE-SIDE HARDWARE TO ENABLE THE EQUIPMENT
TRANSITION TO COMMENCE PRIOR TO THE DUAL
ILLUMINATION PERIOD. AFTER MAY 17THTHE ONLY
SIGNAL DISSEMINATED OVER THE -SBN/NOAAPORT- WILL
BE IN DVB-S2.
THIS NEW AND INCREASED -SBN/NOAAPORT- BANDWIDTH
WHICH WILL HELP TO ENABLE DISSEMINATION OF THE NEW
PRODUCTS THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON FOR OUR CUSTOMERS
WILL MAKE THIS A VERY EXCITING CHANGE FOR EVERYONE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONSWE ENCOURAGE YOU TO
CONTACT US VIA EMAIL AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS
NWS.NOAAPORT -AT- NOAA.GOV
THANK YOU
NWS NOAAPORT SUPPORT TEAM
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP/COLON///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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