Covers the introduction to Controller Area Network (CAN) and CANopen protocols used in spacecraft avionics systems, including network standards, future trends, and communication objects.
Explores industrial communication networks, covering principles, standard field buses, hierarchy, advantages, applications, engineering, time-stamping, cyclic vs event-driven transmission, Ethernet role, and future trends.
Explores unstructured and structured search and routing protocols, emphasizing the importance of network structure assumptions and introducing the 'Bubble Storm' algorithm.