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<strong>GSC</strong> <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2 <strong>PDGS</strong> <strong>OCD</strong><br />

Issue 1 Revision 2 (draft) - 25.07.2010<br />

GMES-GSEG-EOPG-TN-09-0008<br />

page 79 of 350<br />

<strong>ESA</strong> UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use<br />

Figure 4-2 Illustration of the G-POD FAIRE Service<br />

The hosted-processing approach recently demonstrated on G-POD brings the following<br />

benefits regarding the enhancement of <strong>GSC</strong> services by means of third-party collaborations<br />

outlined in section 4.2.6 for <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2:<br />

○ It allows the tight coupling of third-party provided processors within an operational<br />

production system hence allowing for operational sustainability of service<br />

enhancements;<br />

○ It eases the test-bedding and thorough validation of new complementary <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2<br />

value-added products (e.g. Level-2B) on large datasets before operational transfer,<br />

while avoiding bulk product transportation operations commonly required for algorithm<br />

development;<br />

○ It enables the development of high-performance downstream services in collaboration<br />

with GSPs whereby the GSP-proprietary value-added processors can be remotely<br />

operated in the <strong>PDGS</strong> either on-demand or systematically being hooked on the<br />

incoming <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2 data-flow.<br />

Since it is expected that most information products likely to be developed by GSPs<br />

from <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2 data will be substantially reduced in size compared to the base<br />

products (e.g. land classification maps, flood extents, etc), this approach will contribute<br />

to solving data-access issues (and associated large-bandwidth network demands) by<br />

transporting the user processors close to the data source instead of the opposite.<br />

○ It eases the management of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) associated to the<br />

operational deployment of new GMES products and services while allowing for a well<br />

balanced sharing of a common <strong>GSC</strong> infrastructure.<br />

It is also highlighted from the G-POD experience that dedicated support is required on the<br />

<strong>GSC</strong> side to enable the collaborations. At present, G-POD hosted-processing collaborations<br />

follow the collaborative model described in [RD-37] defining the respective roles on both sides<br />

of the partnership and an outline of the collaboration workflow.<br />

4.3.6 TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION DRIVERS<br />

Whilst spacecraft design and operations is primarily constrained by the available space<br />

systems technology, <strong>PDGS</strong> designs are primarily based on common data-handling<br />

technology which evolves at a much higher rate thanks to other application actors and wide<br />

ranging businesses involved in driving technology evolutions. In particular, the recent and<br />

ever developing advances in the handling of digital media over the Internet down to home<br />

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