Re: ULE implementations and interoperability testing

[Hidetaka IZUMIYAMA <izu@wishnet.co.jp>]

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
> 
> 
> 
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