Communication Specification

Overall Functional Description

Domain(s)
Space
System(s)
Satellite
Specialty
COMS
Profile(s)
COMM
Specification Type
Recommendation
Citation(s)
Internal_Standard

This protocol describes the mechanism for reliable transfer of data packets over a SpaceWire connection and adds the following capabilities to a SpaceWire link:

  • Multiplexed Logical Connections
  • Reliable Delivery
  • Missing packet detection
  • Out of sequence packet reordering
  • Buffer fragmentation and reassembly

Internal_Standard

"Internal Standards developed by Sandia National Laboratories". Experience Base, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 0000.