Research Article

CIB: An Improved Communication Architecture for Real-Time Monitoring of Aerospace Materials, Instruments, and Sensors on the ISS

Box 1

/ENBn for experiment is asserted
After 250 milliseconds the CIB will transmit:
SOP  CRC  Address  Timestamp  Packet Type  Command or Padding
If the above packet is valid the experiment will transmit:
SOP  CRC  Address  Timestamp  Packet Type  Data and/or Padding
If the CIB receives a valid packet from the experiment the CIB will acknowledge the packet:
SOP  CRC  Address  Timestamp  Packet Type = ACK