US Patent 11711238 Methods for operator control unit and payload communication

A method of communication between a payload and a platform, including providing power to at least one payload via a platform, periodically sending an identification message from the at least one payload to the platform, decoding the identification message with the platform and sending a response message to the at least one payload, requesting access to one or more ethernet busses supplied by the platform, and enabling the one or more ethernet busses.