A domain analysis document has been produced by Dornier Satellitensysteme providing a survey of historical missions seen in relation to the Packet Utilisation Standard and the structure and services provided by the reusable software.

Special focus has been placed on estimating the feasibility of bringing the Packet Utilisation Standard all the way out to the onboard payloads through implementation of Packet Utilisation Standard services on Instrument Control Units controlling the various instruments and subsystems.