[nws-changes] 20110415: Fwd- SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION AND HARDWARE UPGRADE/NOTICE - 006

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20110415: Fwd- SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION AND HARDWARE UPGRADE/NOTICE - 006
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:30:11 -0600

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NOXX10 KWBC  151408
DATA MGT MESSAGE 04-11.2

TO  NOAAPORT USERS

FROM  RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT  SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION/HARDWARE UPGRADE/NOTICE - 006

WHAT - SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION AND HARDWARE UPGRADE
DATE - APRIL 152011
NOTICE - 006

SBN ACTIVATION INFORMATION - APRIL 18 2011

THE NEW -SBN/NOAAPORT- SIGNAL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED
FOR ACTIVATION THE MORNING OF 04/18/11-1300Z.

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 EXPANSIONTHE FEED WILL BE
TRANSITIONING FROM A DVB-S TO A DVB-S2 STANDARD.
ACCORDINGLYALL 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

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

INTERNALLYNWS PLANS TO USE BACKWARDLY-COMPATIBLE
RECEIVE-SIDE HARDWARE TO ENABLE THE EQUIPMENT
TRANSITION TO COMMENCE PRIOR TO THE DUAL
ILLUMINATION PERIOD.  AFTER MAY 17THTHE 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 QUESTIONSWE 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

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