Data‐Link Functions and Attributes
Paul Gerin Fahlstrom, Thomas James Gleason · 2012
The data link is a key subsystem of almost any UAS. It may be in integral part of the UAS or it may be a general-purpose communications net over which the data communications requirements of the UAS are routed. In all cases there are a core set of functions that must by performed by the data link and there are a number of data link attributes that are either essential or desirable.