ROC Latency Budgeting Template (Excel)

Latency budgeting is a foundational systems engineering practice in remote mining operations, where real-time situational awareness and operator response fidelity directly impact safety, productivity, and equipment integrity. The ROC Latency Budgeting Template formalizes this practice by decomposing the total allowable latency—defined per use case (e.g., autonomous haul truck supervision vs. manual drill teleoperation)—into discrete, measurable contributors: network propagation, packet serialization, codec processing, queuing delays, jitter buffers, and application-layer overhead. Each component is assigned a target budget, measured value, margin, and verification method (e.g., RFC 3393 one-way delay tests, Wireshark timestamp analysis), enabling rigorous gap analysis and design trade-off evaluation. The template also incorporates uncertainty factors (e.g., ±15% for wireless handover variability) and integrates with broader ROC architecture artifacts such as network topology diagrams, cybersecurity zoning maps, and human-machine interface (HMI) response time requirements. By enforcing discipline in latency accounting early in the ROC design lifecycle, the template mitigates late-stage integration risks—such as unanticipated video lag causing motion sickness or control-loop instability—and supports regulatory compliance (e.g., ISO 26262 ASIL-B considerations adapted for mining automation).