Session
Technical Session XII: Software
Abstract
The telecommunications industry is embracing Linux as a means of providing high-availability, high-reliability systems. Realizing that proprietary systems have tremendous development and support costs, the push for commercial-off-the-shelf solutions that provide greater than 5-Nines reliability (no more than 5 minutes of downtime/ year) is a major industry focus. The carrier grade efforts encapsulate an entire ecosystem of hardware standards for interconnection, monitoring and control as well as the software to support it. This paper examines the current state of the art in carrier grade Linux software solutions, such as those put forth by standards organizations like the Linux Foundation and the Service Availability Forum, and identify those standards and approaches that have applicability in satellite systems.
Presentation Slides
The Use of Carrier Grade Linux in Space
The telecommunications industry is embracing Linux as a means of providing high-availability, high-reliability systems. Realizing that proprietary systems have tremendous development and support costs, the push for commercial-off-the-shelf solutions that provide greater than 5-Nines reliability (no more than 5 minutes of downtime/ year) is a major industry focus. The carrier grade efforts encapsulate an entire ecosystem of hardware standards for interconnection, monitoring and control as well as the software to support it. This paper examines the current state of the art in carrier grade Linux software solutions, such as those put forth by standards organizations like the Linux Foundation and the Service Availability Forum, and identify those standards and approaches that have applicability in satellite systems.
