Projects

Overview
Project Title	Reed-Solomon Product Code for Optical Communications
Approval	Approved
Document Number	142.10
Charter	5.10 Optical Communications Working Group
Document Type	Orange
Description of Document	This Experimental Specification aims to specify channel coding and synchronization techniques for free-space optical communications systems used by space missions. This includes space-to-space, space-to-ground, and ground-to-space links where optical communications are being accomplished with an optical on-off keying modulated carrier (as defined in CCSDS 141.0-B-2(in progress).
Applicable Patents	Patent issues have been identified but appropriate ISO forms have not yet been signed. The WG requests a waiver to begin work on this project. (justify in comments). ISO forms must be secured prior to the first formal Agency review.
Patent Comments	U.S. Patent 4,486,739 Byte oriented DC balanced (0,4) 8B/10B partitioned block transmission code, December 1984.
Survey of Similar Standards Documents or Projects Undertaken in Other Bodies and elsewhere in CCSDS	CCSDS 142.0-B-1
Resources
Book Editor	JAXA
Book Editor Resources	Book already Developed and needs approval for Techincal Editor processing.
Prototype 1	Not Required
Prototype 1 Resources
Prototype 2	Not Required
Prototype 2 Resources
Prototype 3	Not Required
Prototype 3 Resources
Contribute	NASA
Monitor Only
Resource Comments	The document has already been drafted by JAXA, revised both by the OPT WG and by the Area Directors, satisfactorily updated following their comments and ready for submission to publication.

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.)	Comments (Date in M/D/YYYY format.)
Project Approved	7/14/2021	Project was inadvertently not submitted for processing in CWE.
Project Start Date	8/14/2021
Internal WG Review
First Draft Circulated to WG	9/14/2021
First Draft Comments Due	10/12/2021
Second draft circulated to WG	2/1/2022
Second Draft Comments Due	3/15/2022
Final WB Submitted to AD for Further Processing	12/12/2023	This is the actual date at which the document was submitted to SLS AD and DAD.
External Milestones
Secretariat Document Processing
First Agency Review
RID Resolution
Secretariat Document Processing 2
Final Agency Review
RID Resolution
First Prototype Development
Second Prototype Development
CMC Approval
Total Time to Complete (in months)	-1,436