A new data communication protocol for rocket and UAV with improved efficiency and capabilities
Herma Yudhi Irwanto, M. A. P. Perdana, Salman · AIP conference proceedings · 2020
Continuous improvement to get optimum quality from data communication system between vehicle and ground control system (GCS) were tested systematically on laboratory test and real flight test. Unlike complex Mavlink protocol used on several model vehicle, our own developed new protocol system is specifically designed for vehicle developed by LAPAN, such as rocket and high-speed UAV, which is appropriate for desired needs. This new protocol was built based on HEX, rather than the previous one which was based on ASCII, could reach up to 54 Hz on data transmission speed with 15-ms delay on each packet. This implied that there is a 270% improvement compared to the precious developed protocol for the same data needed. This new protocol was also equipped with telecommand function that could be executed through GSC.