Serial digital communication protocol

摘要

Provided is a method and an apparatus for formatting a data set (404) for transmission on a communication channel. The formatted data frame (400) comprises a header (402) and the data set (404) to be transmitted. The header (402) has a plurality of header fields (406 ... 420) comprising a redundancy field (408) having a checksum calculated on data in part of the header fields (406 ... 420) and on the data set (404).