Projects

Overview
Project Title	Next Generation Uplink Coding
Approval	Approved
Document Number	231.0
Charter	5.02 Space Link Coding and Synchronization Working Group
Document Type	Blue
Description of Document	This update will add new powerful coding techniques for the Telecommand (TC) link to allow increasing the coverage and/or the supported uplink data rate.
Applicable Patents	There are no patent issues for this technology that are known by the CCSDS community
Patent Comments
Survey of Similar Standards Documents or Projects Undertaken in Other Bodies and elsewhere in CCSDS
Resources
Book Editor	NASA
Book Editor Resources	Total resources 6 mm shared between ESA, DLR and NASA (Book editor)
Prototype 1	NASA
Prototype 1 Resources	3mm+ NASA(TBC)
Prototype 2	NASA
Prototype 2 Resources	3mm+ NASA(TBC)
Prototype 3
Prototype 3 Resources
Contribute	DLR, ESA
Monitor Only	CNES
Resource Comments

Schedule

Legend for Schedule Milestones = Required for Orange Books = Required for Green Books = Required for Magenta Books = Required for Blue Books Note - Red Books are Draft Blue/Magenta Books Schedule Milestones	Original Completion Date (Date in M/D/YYYY format.)	Estimated Completion Date (Date in M/D/YYYY format.)	Actual Completion Date (Date in M/D/YYYY format.)	Comments (Date in M/D/YYYY format.)
Project Approved	3/1/2014	3/1/2014	3/1/2014
Project Start Date	3/1/2014	3/1/2014	3/1/2014
Internal WG Review
First Draft Circulated to WG	9/30/2014	12/15/2014	6/30/2015	After Fall 14 Meeting
First Draft Comments Due	11/30/2014	1/30/2015	9/30/2015
Second draft circulated to WG	3/30/2015	5/15/2015	10/26/2015	For Fall 15 Meeting
Second Draft Comments Due	4/30/2015	6/15/2015	11/10/2015	At Fall 2015 Meeting
Final WB Submitted to AD for Further Processing	5/30/2015	7/15/2015	12/20/2015
External Milestones
Secretariat Document Processing	7/1/2015	8/16/2016	7/26/2016	Agency Review started 7/26/2016
First Agency Review	9/30/2015	12/26/2016	7/26/2016	End of Review
RID Resolution	12/31/2015	3/30/2017	7/26/2016
Secretariat Document Processing 2	6/1/2016	10/14/2017	7/26/2016	Start of 2nd Review (if needed). No Polls.
Final Agency Review	9/30/2016	11/18/2017	7/26/2016	If needed
RID Resolution	12/31/2016	12/31/2017	7/26/2016
First Prototype Development	12/31/2016	12/31/2017	7/26/2016
Second Prototype Development	12/31/2016	12/31/2017	7/26/2016
CMC Approval	3/1/2017	3/1/2018	7/26/2016	Includes Final Secretariat Document Processing + CESG Poll + CMC Poll for PUBLICATION
Total Time to Complete (in months)	35	47