What is BS EN 16603-50-13 - Interface and communication protocol for data bus onboard spacecraft about?
Using standard communication protocols for spacecraft communication links can be very helpful. It can improve the design and development process as well as integration and test activities at all levels and provide the potential for reusability across projects.
The aim of BS EN 16603-50-13 is to define the interface services and to specify their corresponding bus protocol elements for spacecraft using the MIL-STD-1553B data bus. BS EN 16603-50-13 also aims at defining requirements for harmonization of physical interface and usage of the MIL-STD-1553B data link layer features.
The scope of BS EN 16603-50-13 is as follows:
- It details the usage of the MIL-STD-1553B
- It covers the communication protocols, services and functions needed for the exchange of information over MIL-STD-1553B data bus
- It is limited to necessary and sufficient requirements to ensure compatibility for communication through MIL-STD-1553B data bus for communication devices onboard a spacecraft and across projects.
- It covers a wide spectrum of mission needs
- It does not modify requirements that are under the scope of MIL-STD- 1553B
- It covers recommendations for verification and test of communication devices communicating through a MIL-STD-1553 data bus
BS EN 16603-50-13 provides a comprehensive set of requirements for all communication devices and components onboard a spacecraft, which are connected to a single (redundant) data bus according to MIL-STD-1553B.
Although BS EN 16603-50-13 focuses on the specification of single-bus architecture, questions related to multiple-bus-architectures or the use of repeaters for separable buses (for launchers) are also addressed.
Who is BS EN 16603-50-13 - Interface and communication protocol for data bus onboard spacecraft for?
BS EN 16603-50-13 on interface and communication protocol for data bus onboard spacecraft is relevant to:
- Data bus onboard spacecraft manufacturers
- Mission system architects
- Design engineers
- Project managers for space missions
- Quality compliance personnel of space missions
Why should you use BS EN 16603-50-13 - Interface and communication protocol for data bus onboard spacecraft?
An interface protocol is a specification that defines how data is delivered and interpreted.
The communication protocol defines the rules, syntax, semantics and synchronization of communication and possible error recovery methods.
BS EN 16603-50-13 assists in facilitating the bus profiling task by proposing a message scheduling scheme to the mission system architects. Such a framework assists you to homogenize the allocation and control of communication resources across a single project or spacecraft mission.
BS EN 16603-50-13 also provides you with the physical layer requirements, data link layer requirements that are technically feasible, correct, consistent and compliant with the needs and overall technological approach and industrial policies of the participating Agencies and Industries.
With compliance and obedience to BS EN 16603-50-13, you can enhance data bus onboard spacecraft by providing protocols for spacecraft communication links that can provide interface compatibility between communication devices and components.
