--- title: "Protocol & Grid platform | Nexus Observatory" description: "Private and federated observing grids for networks, agencies and OEMs: providers admitted for a stated scope, devices qualified against the specification…" url: https://observatory.global/grid-services/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-10-27 --- Nexus Observatory / **Protocol & Grid** # Your grid, on the open protocol. Private and federated observing grids for networks, agencies and OEMs: providers admitted for a stated scope, devices qualified against the specification, software moved by signed plan and data exchanged across trust domains. Every step leaves evidence. [Plan with us](https://observatory.global/contact/) Reference architecture [The open protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/) **Enrolment states**: 10 **Admission states**: 10 **Node roles**: 37 **Profiles**: 21 **00** · Explainer ## Protocol & Grid, explained in 3D. Scroll inside the frame to move through the chapters; every scene is drawn to scale. [Open full screen](https://observatory.global/grid-services/explainer/) **01** · What this platform covers ## Protocol & Grid, area by area. Choose an area for its systems, standards, the industries it serves and how we deliver it. [01 Private gridsYour nodes, your authority, the open specification.](https://observatory.global/grid-services/private-grids/) [02 FederationSigned exchange across sites, owners and trust domains.](https://observatory.global/grid-services/federation/) [03 QualificationDevices and releases tested against the protocol, state on record.](https://observatory.global/grid-services/qualification/) [04 Provider admissionManifest, rights and security review, then admitted for scope.](https://observatory.global/grid-services/provider-admission/) [05 OrchestrationSoftware and configuration by signed plan, with rollback.](https://observatory.global/grid-services/orchestration/) **02** · Built on the open protocol ## One protocol under every platform. Marked: the functions this platform leans on hardest. The protocol itself is open and stewarded by the Nexus Consortium, so what you build here runs anywhere the protocol runs. 01 JOIN 02 ADMIT 03 DESCRIBE 04 TIME 05 OBSERVE 06 QUALIFY 07 FEDERATE 08 ORCHESTRATE **03** · Open and enterprise ## Open by default. Enterprise by contract. The open layer lives on the main site, free to use and build on. Enterprise services are delivered under contract by Nexus Observatory Inc. Open, on the main site - Protocol specification - State machines and node roles - Conformance tool - Device class catalogue Enterprise, on this site - Private grid design and operation - Federation agreements - Provider qualification testing - Works-with programme **04** · Industries served ## 6 industries build on protocol & Grid. Each industry has its own site: its use cases, its community and the enterprise path, with this platform among the systems behind it. [Industry **Public safety** Warning time, gained at the sensor.](https://observatory.global/sectors/public-safety/) [Industry **Government** National observing infrastructure, delivered as one programme.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Civil resilience** Infrastructure that reports before it fails.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Humanitarian** Observation where the need is greatest and the grid is thinnest.](https://observatory.global/sectors/humanitarian/) [Industry **Industry** Plants and ports, sensed and connected.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Research** Instruments for science, run like infrastructure.](https://observatory.global/industries/) **05** · Every platform ## 18 platforms, one architecture. One platform for each technical area of our work, on the same protocol, the same data and the same design. [Protocol & Grid](https://observatory.global/grid-services/) [Software](https://observatory.global/software/) [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/) [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) [Edge compute & AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/) [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) [Field services](https://observatory.global/field-services/) [Data & licensing](https://observatory.global/data-products/) [Space and satellite systems](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Positioning, navigation and timing](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Security and trust](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Digital twins and simulation](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Design and integration](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Test and qualification](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Operations centre](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Training and enablement](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Frontier labs](https://observatory.global/technologies/) ## Bring us the site. We bring the survey, the design and the crew. Nexus Observatory Inc. The form names who receives your details. [Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/) [Create account](https://observatory.global/register/) [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/)**Protocol & Grid** . Your grid, on the open protocol.[Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/) Protocol & Grid - [Private grids](https://observatory.global/grid-services/private-grids/) - [Federation](https://observatory.global/grid-services/federation/) - [Qualification](https://observatory.global/grid-services/qualification/) - [Provider admission](https://observatory.global/grid-services/provider-admission/) - [Orchestration](https://observatory.global/grid-services/orchestration/) Technologies - [Device identity and attestation](https://observatory.global/technologies/security/device-identity-and-attestation/) - [PKI, secure boot and updates](https://observatory.global/technologies/security/pki-secure-boot-and-updates/) Industries - [Public safety](https://observatory.global/sectors/public-safety/) - [Government](https://observatory.global/industries/) - [Civil resilience](https://observatory.global/industries/) - [Humanitarian](https://observatory.global/sectors/humanitarian/) - [Industry](https://observatory.global/industries/) - [Research](https://observatory.global/industries/) Service platforms - [Observatory Protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/) - [Software](https://observatory.global/software/) - [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/) - [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) - [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) - [Edge compute & AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/) - [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) © 2026 Nexus Observatory Inc. 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