Increasing Dependability of Spacecraft Avionics Using Time-Triggered Ethernet

14 Oct 2025, 16:10
20m
Conference room

Conference room

Presentation Protocol developments of SpaceWire, SpaceFibre, CAN-Bus, Ethernet, other protocols Buses & Networks - Ethernet (TSN/TTE) & CAN-Bus

Speaker

Mario Gartner (TTTech Computertechnik AG)

Description

Time-Triggered Ethernet enhances spacecraft avionics dependability by providing deterministic real-time communication and robust fault tolerance. Its mechanisms, including Virtual Self Checking Pair (VSCP) and Switch-Sourced-Sync (S3), improve error detection, isolation, and recovery, significantly reducing unmitigated error rates. Automated network verification tools further ensure configuration correctness and system reliability.

Author

Mario Gartner (TTTech Computertechnik AG)

Co-authors

Dr Andrew Loveless (NASA Johnson Space Center) Brendan Hall (NASA Johnson Space Center) Dr Martin Schwarz (TTTech Computertechnik AG) William T. Smithgall (TTTech North America, Inc.)

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