ISO 18202:2013

ISO 18202:2013 defines the Mission Operations (MO) Message Abstraction Layer (MAL) in conformance with the service framework specified in CCSDS 520.0-G-3, Mission Operations Services Concept. The MO MAL is a framework that provides generic service patterns to the Mission Operation services defined in CCSDS 520.0-G-3. These Mission Operations services are defined in terms of the MAL. ISO 18202:2013 defines, in an abstract manner, the MAL in terms of: the concepts that it builds upon; the basic types it provides; the message headers required by the layer; the relationship between, and the valid sequence of, the messages and resulting behaviours. It does not specify: individual implementations or products; the implementation of entities or interfaces within real systems; the methods or technologies required for communications.