Projects

Overview
Project Title	Bundle Protocol for CCSDS (was DTN Protocol)
Approval	Approved
Document Number	734.2
Charter	6.09 Delay Tolerant Networking Working Group
Document Type	Blue
Description of Document	<div>Protocol specification for an internetworking protocol suitable for space communication.</div>
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	Lee Pitts (for NASA)
Prototype 1	Other
Prototype 1 Resources	An enhanced version of the DTN2 BP implementation from the Internet Research Task Force dtnrg. The NASA Space DTN Project has been maintaining the DTN2 implementation compatible with the BP-for-CCSDS Spec.
Prototype 2	NASA
Prototype 2 Resources	NASA will provide the ION Open Source (IOS) implementation.
Prototype 3
Prototype 3 Resources
Contribute	UKSA
Monitor Only	CSA, DLR, INPE, JAXA
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.)	Comments (Date in M/D/YYYY format.)
Project Approved	3/1/2008
Project Start Date	3/1/2008
Internal WG Review
First Draft Circulated to WG	3/15/2009	Slipped from 10/15/2008
First Draft Comments Due	4/15/2009
Second draft circulated to WG	9/15/2009	Slipped from 3/15/2009
Second Draft Comments Due	10/15/2009
Final WB Submitted to AD for Further Processing	3/1/2010
External Milestones
Secretariat Document Processing	3/15/2010
First Agency Review	5/15/2010
RID Resolution	6/15/2010
Secretariat Document Processing 2	8/15/2010
Final Agency Review	9/15/2010
RID Resolution	10/15/2010
First Prototype Development	3/15/2011	Begin development / adopt existing implementation
Second Prototype Development	3/15/2011	Begin development / adopt existing implementation
CMC Approval	3/15/2011	CMC Poll Approval
Total Time to Complete (in months)	36