Mid Atlantic New n-N Paradigm Plan 8 Dec 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- We must modernize APRS in the Mid-Atlantic region. And it can be done overnight by remote-digi-sysops, with little impact on existing users and yet open up more efficient pathing and troubleshooting. It is based on the principles of the new n-N paradigm: 1) Long Chain Interstate ##LNKn-N chains 2) Continuing to support WIDEn-N where possible 3) 100% traceability of WIDEn-N to better tune the network 4) Full support of Mobiles using RELAY,WIDE, or SS2-2 These recommendations are based only on what I can see on the air from Maryland. Feel free to greatly extend these LINKS indefinately as far as the interstate goes! This system fully supports the long haul traveler, AND reduces WIDEn-N QRM to the rest of us by a hundred-fold compared to comparable WIDEn-N routing with abusive long paths. The design is simple. DIGI sysops have TWO GENERICn-N paths they can support, UIFLOOD and UITRACE. Simply drop WIDEn-N and replace it with the local interstate ##LNKn-N and change the UITRACE paramter to your state SSn-N which will be fully tracable and does not then need a leading WIDE which causes more dupes. Interstate-64 64LNKn-N Kentucky to Norfolk: DIGIS: KF4UCI-4 KF4UCI-3 N9WMU-3 N4EVA-11 UIFLOOD: 64LNKn-N 64LNKn-N 95LNKn-N 64LNKn-N UITRACE: VAn-N VAn-N 64LNKn-N VAn-N Interstate-95 95LNKn-N NC-to-NY City: DIGIS: W4NHV-9 KD4PBS-3 N9WMU-3 K4MQF-1 KV3B-2 N3KTX-1 N3IP KB2EAR-1 UIFLOOD: 95LNKn-N 95LNKn-N 95LNKn-N 95LNKn-N 95LNKn-N 70LNKn-N 95LNKn-N 95LNKn-N UITRACE: NCn-N NCn-N VAn-N VAn-N MDn-N MDn-N PAn-N GSPKYn-N Interestate-81 81LNKn-N Tennessee to Eastern PA DIGIS: N4ZZQ-3 Roanoke? K4EME-3 N4DSL-3 N3KTX-4 N3XBO-5 W3ND-2 UIFLOOD: 81LNKn-N 81LNKn-N 81LNKn-N 81LNKn-N 70LNKn-N 81LNKn-N 81LNKn-N UITRACE: VAn-N VAn-N VAn-N VAn-N 81LNKn-N PAn-N PAn-N PA Turnpike PATPKn-N Pittsburg to NJ: DIGIS: WF8X-4 KB8CVP-7 N8YIB-2 KF3M-1 W3ND-2 N3XBO-5 N3IP UIFLOOD: 70LNKn-N PATPKn-N PATPKn-N PATPKn-N 81LNKn-N PATPKn-N 95LNKn-N UITRACE: PATPKn-N PAn-N PAn-N PAn-N PATPKn-N PAn-N PATPKn-N Interstate-70 70LNKn-N Ohio to Baltimore DIGIS: WF8X-4 N3KTX-5 N3KTX-4 N3KTX-2 N3KTX-1 UIFLOOD: 70LNKn-N 70LNKn-N 70LNKn-N 70LNKn-N 70LNKn-N UITRACE: PATPKn-N PAn-N 81LNKn-N MDn-N 95LNKn-N Inter-Coastal-Waterway or EAST COAST COASTn-N Florida to NJ DIGIS: WA4KXV N4EVA-13 N4EVA-12 XXXXXXX- WX2NJ13 WX2NJ15 UIFLOOD COASTn-N COASTn-N COASTn-N COASTn-N COASTn-N COASTn-N UITRACE VAn-N VAn-N VAn-N VAn-N GSPKYn-N GSPKYn-N Notice that if you want to continue to support WIDEn-N for a while, please move it to the UITRACE parameter so that at least they are traceable. There is no need to trace the long-haul LINKn-N's because they are linear and we dont care what it takes to get there, because collateral damage is vastly reduced compared to all-directional-flooding like we used to have! Remember, if you are not ready to go cold-turkey on WIDEn-N yet, you dont have to, this is just adding a new capability and dropping the old TRACEn-N which no one is using. But if you are fed up with WIDEn-N like I am, then please feel free to drop it now. ALSO, all digis along an interstate Corridor do not need to support the ##LNKn-N, only enough to cover the long haul. Where there is plenty of overlap, this allows more flexibiitly for other state SSn-N's or LANn-N's. If you dont like this plan, then let us know your plan for reducing QRM. But if you want to get control of our network so that it works locally for users and low power trackers, then please lets get moving on this! Please report when these or other LINKS have been made so that we can now PLAN OUR NETWORK instead of letting it just drown in uncontrolled WIDEn-N flooding... DIGIS marked with a * are actual! All others are recommendations only. This page will be updated periodically. The neat thing will be that once it is going, we can simply search FINDU for a MAP of every digi on every chain! (as long as you put the name ie: 81LNK in the BText) Be sure to also update your BLT's and LTPaths and PHG's and BEACONS while you are at it. See http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprs/digi-rates.txt Or read all about the new n-N paradigm on http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprs/fix14439.html de WB4APR, Bob