I-D Action: draft-das-ntn-rf-execution-finality-00.txt

Internet-Draft draft-das-ntn-rf-execution-finality-00.txt is now available.

   Title:   RF Enable Is Not Transmit Authority: Finality for LEO/NTN and Inter-Satellite Control
   Author:  Sangam Das
   Name:    draft-das-ntn-rf-execution-finality-00.txt
   Pages:   20
   Dates:   2026-08-26

Abstract:

   A LEO constellation computer can compute a transmit burst, a beam
   command, an inter-satellite forward, or a user-terminal PA enable
   faster than any ground reviewer can see it.  Today those acts become
   RF because the scheduler selected them, the command link
   authenticated, or the flight process had the radio device open.
   Authentication of TT&C, 3GPP NTN registration, and operator
   allowlists decide who may talk to the vehicle.  They do not decide
   whether this burst, on this beam, to this next hop, over this
   territory, in this mission epoch, may leave the aperture.

   Radiation is not reversible.  An ISL hop is not a log line.  A
   phased-array user terminal that is already pointed is one register
   write away from radiating.  If the enable line trusts the last ground
   "go," a stale, substituted, or autonomy-generated command becomes
   sky-facing consequence.

   This document specifies a radio-side execution-finality profile for
   NTN and mega-constellation control.  A proposed RF, ISL, beam,
   gateway, or payload act remains a Candidate Act. A Protected
   Enforcement Domain binds vehicle, beam, frequency class, duration,
   next hop, overflight or jurisdiction epoch, and intended sink, then
   issues scoped non-bearer authority.  The Finality Sink sits at the PA
   enable, ISL switch, beam driver, feeder gateway, or UT transmit path
   and verifies that authority immediately before energy leaves the
   system.  RF enable is not transmit authority.

The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-das-ntn-rf-execution-finality/

There is also an HTML version available at:
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-das-ntn-rf-execution-finality-00.html

Internet-Drafts are also available by rsync at:
rsync.ietf.org::internet-drafts


_______________________________________________
I-D-Announce mailing list -- [email protected]
To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]