[nws-changes] 20110321: Fwd: SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION AND HARDWARE UPGRADE/NOTICE - 004

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20110321: Fwd: SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION AND HARDWARE UPGRADE/NOTICE - 004
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:36:06 -0600

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NOXX10 KWBC  211313
DATA MGT MESSAGE 03-11.8

TO  NOAAPORT USERS

FROM  RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT  SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION AND HARDWARE UPGRADE/NOTICE - 004

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 EXPANSION   THE FEED WILL BE
TRANSITIONING FROM A DVB-S TO A DVB-S2 STANDARD.
ACCORDINGLY   ALL 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

A 30 DAY WINDOW OF DUAL ILLUMINATION IS PLANNED TO
ALLOW NWS SITES AND NOAAPORT CUSTOMERS TIME TO
COMPLETE THE TRANSITION. DURING THIS PERIOD   THE FULL
-SBN/NOAAPORT- FEED WILL BE DISSEMINATED IN BOTH DVB-S
AND DVB-S2.

INTERNALLY   NWS PLANS TO USE BACKWARDLY-COMPATIBLE
RECEIVE-SIDE HARDWARE TO ENABLE THE EQUIPMENT
TRANSITION TO COMMENCE PRIOR TO THE DUAL
ILLUMINATION PERIOD.  AFTER MAY 17TH   THE 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 QUESTIONS   WE 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
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