Overview

Project Title

Optical Communications Physical Layer

Approval

Approved

Document Number

141.0

Charter

5.10 Optical Communications Working Group

Document Type

Blue

Description of Document

This Blue Book shall define the physical layer parameters and techniques required for interoperability of Optical Communications. Issue 1 will address the high photon efficiency (HPE) scenario. Contents of the Blue Book: • Wavelength(s) / Frequency(ies) • Pointing, acquisition and tracking • Modulations

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

ESA

Book Editor Resources

10mm

Prototype 1

DLR

Prototype 1 Resources

8mm by ESA

Prototype 2

NASA

Prototype 2 Resources

8mm

Prototype 3

Prototype 3 Resources

Contribute

CNES, DLR, ESA, JAXA, NASA

Monitor Only

CNSA, FSA

Resource Comments

Schedule

Legend for Schedule Milestones
Orange Bullet = Required for Orange Books
Green Bullet = Required for Green Books
Magenta Bullet = Required for Magenta Books
Blue Bullet = Required for Blue Books
Note - Red Books are Draft Blue/Magenta Books

Schedule Milestones
Orange BookGreen BookMagenta BookBlue Book
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 ApprovedOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet1/1/20141/1/201412/28/2013
Project Start DateOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet12/28/201312/28/201312/28/2013
Internal WG Review
First Draft Circulated to WGOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet5/30/201412/1/20169/30/2016At Fall 2016 Meeting
First Draft Comments DueOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet9/30/20141/31/201712/31/2016After Fall 2016 Meeting
Second draft circulated to WGOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet1/1/20153/27/20174/1/2017At Spring 2017 Meeting
Second Draft Comments DueOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet3/30/20156/1/20175/15/2017After Spring 2017 Meeting
Final WB Submitted to AD for Further ProcessingOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet4/30/201511/1/20176/1/2017At Fall 2017 Meeting
External Milestones
Secretariat Document ProcessingOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet7/1/20151/1/20187/6/2017Start of Review after CESG + CMC Polls
First Agency ReviewMagenta BulletBlue Bullet9/30/20152/1/20182/12/2018End of Review
RID ResolutionMagenta BulletBlue Bullet12/31/20154/1/20185/31/2018After Spring 2018 Meeting
Secretariat Document Processing 2Magenta BulletBlue Bullet6/1/20166/30/201812/3/2018Start of 2nd Review (if needed). No Polls.
Final Agency ReviewMagenta BulletBlue Bullet9/30/20168/30/20181/1/2019Before Fall 16 Meeting
RID ResolutionMagenta BulletBlue Bullet12/31/201610/30/20185/6/2019After Fall 16 Meeting
First Prototype DevelopmentBlue Bullet12/31/201610/30/20184/1/2019NASA JPL
Second Prototype DevelopmentBlue Bullet12/31/201610/30/20184/1/2019NASA GRC
CMC ApprovalOrange BulletGreen BulletMagenta BulletBlue Bullet3/1/20178/1/20198/1/2019Includes Final Secretariat Document Processing + CESG Poll + CMC Poll for PUBLICA TION
Total Time to Complete
(in months)
37
66
Attachments
Version: 326.0
Created at 1/13/2014 9:25 PM by CCSDS Tech Support
Last modified at 8/9/2019 2:44 PM by Brian Oliver