ERAS C3

Description: Command & Control software project for data processing in the field
PI: Franco Carbonari
Organization: Mars Society, IT

Summary

Within the European MaRs Analog Station for Advanced Technologies Integration Project (ERAS), a Command, Control and Communication (C3) subsystem will provide the data processing and communications equipment required to:

• monitor and control the habitat’s environment and subsystems
• monitor and maintain crew health and safety
• communicate with mission support, rovers and EVA crewmembers
• support data processing related to the mission objectives
• host the core part of the crew operations planning and scheduling support system (Crew Mission Assistant, CMA)

For the MARS2013 tests a C3 simulation will be running on top of the TANGO Distributed Control Software Framework.
During the proposed experiment the remote communication with the Aouda.X on-board computer (in particular all main biomedical and engineering telemetry) and the interfacing to the CMA will be tested.

Objectives

Location transparency: a location (naming) service should allow to locate a service over the network by name and/or required functionality.
Message delivery and format integrity: the system must warranty that messages are not lost or duplicated and that they are delivered uncorrupted.
Dynamic invocation of server processes: the client shall not be responsible for starting up the services it needs, but the system shall be able to do it transparently
Load balancing: if needed, the system shall be able to redistribute the services to allow load balancing over the distributed servers
Security: if needed, the system must be able to handle security of communication using appropriate secure protocols.

Experiment Data