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Nick Johnson edited this page Oct 28, 2013 · 4 revisions

uCAN protocol stack

uCAN follows an abbreviated OSI system architecture. Wherever possible, existing standards have been utilised, but new ones are devised as necessary to best suit the application.

The uCAN protocol layers are specified below, from lowest to highest.

  1. [Physical layer](Physical layer): CAN bus ISO 11898-2:2003; RJ45 & CAT5 UTP for power and data
  2. [Data link layer](Data link layer): CAN bus ISO 11898-1 & uCAN data link layer
  3. [Network layer](Network layer): uCAN Network Layer
  4. Transport layer: Not defined; uCAN is local-link only
  5. Session layer: TBD
  6. [Presentation layer](uCAN API): uCAN API
  7. Application layer: TBD
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