diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index fc46819..b5d40e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
         example:
           - hello_part
           - fuel_tank
+          - ping
     env:
       DURATION: 10s
       RUST_LOG: trace
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4be3a0f..755b703 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -894,6 +894,24 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ping_client"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "a653rs",
+ "a653rs-linux",
+ "log",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ping_server"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "a653rs",
+ "a653rs-linux",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "polling"
 version = "2.8.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 01a662f..1602212 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ members = [
     "hypervisor",
     "partition",
     "core",
+
     "examples/hello_part",
+
     "examples/fuel_tank_simulation",
     "examples/fuel_tank_controller",
+
+    "examples/ping_client",
+    "examples/ping_server",
 ]
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
diff --git a/examples/ping.yaml b/examples/ping.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7d7d1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ping.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+major_frame: 1s
+partitions:
+  - id: 0
+    name: ping_client
+    duration: 10ms
+    offset: 0ms
+    period: 1s
+    image: target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/ping_client
+  - id: 1
+    name: ping_server
+    duration: 20ms
+    offset: 450ms
+    period: 1s
+    image: target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/ping_server
+channel:
+  - !Sampling
+    name: ping_request
+    msg_size: 16B
+    source: ping_client
+    destination:
+      - ping_server
+  - !Sampling
+    name: ping_response
+    msg_size: 32B
+    source: ping_server
+    destination:
+      - ping_client
diff --git a/examples/ping_client/Cargo.toml b/examples/ping_client/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b24bc46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ping_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[package]
+name = "ping_client"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+a653rs = { workspace = true, features = ["macros"] }
+a653rs-linux = { path = "../../partition" }
+log.workspace = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/ping_client/src/main.rs b/examples/ping_client/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bd5733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ping_client/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+use a653rs::partition;
+use a653rs::prelude::PartitionExt;
+use a653rs_linux::partition::ApexLogger;
+use log::LevelFilter;
+
+fn main() {
+    ApexLogger::install_panic_hook();
+    ApexLogger::install_logger(LevelFilter::Trace).unwrap();
+
+    ping_client::Partition.run()
+}
+
+#[partition(a653rs_linux::partition::ApexLinuxPartition)]
+mod ping_client {
+    use core::time::Duration;
+    use log::{info, warn};
+
+    #[sampling_out(name = "ping_request", msg_size = "16B")]
+    struct PingRequest;
+
+    #[sampling_in(name = "ping_response", msg_size = "32B", refresh_period = "10s")]
+    struct PingResponse;
+
+    #[start(cold)]
+    fn cold_start(mut ctx: start::Context) {
+        // initialize both sampling ports
+        ctx.create_ping_request().unwrap();
+        ctx.create_ping_response().unwrap();
+
+        // create and start a periodic process
+        ctx.create_periodic_ping_client().unwrap().start().unwrap();
+    }
+
+    // do the same as a cold_start
+    #[start(warm)]
+    fn warm_start(ctx: start::Context) {
+        cold_start(ctx);
+    }
+
+    // this process requests a ping from the server at the beginning of each
+    // partition window / MiF
+    #[periodic(
+        period = "0ms",
+        time_capacity = "Infinite",
+        stack_size = "8KB",
+        base_priority = 1,
+        deadline = "Soft"
+    )]
+    fn periodic_ping_client(ctx: periodic_ping_client::Context) {
+        info!("started periodic_ping_client process");
+
+        // a periodic process does not actually return at the end of a partition window,
+        // it just pauses itself once it is done with the work from the current MiF
+        // see below at the `ctx.periodic_wait().unwrap()` call.
+        loop {
+            // first, send a request:
+
+            // `ctx.get_time()` returns a [SystemTime], which might be `Infinite`, or just a
+            // normal time. Thus we have to check that indeed a normal time was returned.
+            let SystemTime::Normal(time) = ctx.get_time() else {
+                panic!("could not read time");
+            };
+            info!("sending a request");
+
+            // convert the current time to an u128 integer representing nanoseconds, and
+            // serialize the integer to a byte array
+            let time_in_nanoseconds = time.as_nanos();
+            let buf = time_in_nanoseconds.to_le_bytes();
+
+            // finally send the byte array to the ping_request port
+            ctx.ping_request.unwrap().send(&buf).unwrap();
+
+            // then receive a response, if any:
+
+            // allocate a buffer on the stack for receival of the response
+            let mut buf = [0u8; 32];
+
+            // sample the ping_response sampling port into `buf`
+            // - validity indicates whether data received was sitting in the samplin port
+            //   for no more than the refresh_period
+            // - `bytes` is a subslice of `buf`, containing only the bytes actually read
+            //   from the sampling port
+            let (validity, bytes) = ctx.ping_response.unwrap().receive(&mut buf).unwrap();
+
+            // only if the message is valid and has the expected length try to process it
+            if validity == Validity::Valid && bytes.len() == 32 {
+                // deserialize the bytes into an u128
+                let request_timestamp = u128::from_le_bytes(bytes[0..16].try_into().unwrap());
+                let response_timestamp = u128::from_le_bytes(bytes[16..32].try_into().unwrap());
+                // the difference is the time passed since sending the request for this response
+                let round_trip = time_in_nanoseconds - request_timestamp;
+                let req_to_server = response_timestamp - request_timestamp;
+                let resp_to_client = time_in_nanoseconds - response_timestamp;
+
+                // convert the integers of nanoseconds back to a [Duration]s for nicer logging
+                let req_sent_to_resp_recv = Duration::from_nanos(round_trip as u64);
+                let req_sent_to_resp_sent = Duration::from_nanos(req_to_server as u64);
+                let resp_sent_to_resp_recv = Duration::from_nanos(resp_to_client as u64);
+
+                // and log the results!
+                info!("received valid response:\n\tround-trip {req_sent_to_resp_recv:?}\n\treq-to-server {req_sent_to_resp_sent:?}\n\tresp-to-client{resp_sent_to_resp_recv:?}");
+            } else {
+                warn!("response seems to be incomplete: {validity:?}, {bytes:?}");
+            }
+
+            // wait until the beginning of this partitions next MiF. In scheduling terms
+            // this function would probably be called `yield()`.
+            ctx.periodic_wait().unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/ping_server/Cargo.toml b/examples/ping_server/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e582e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ping_server/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[package]
+name = "ping_server"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+a653rs = { workspace = true, features = ["macros"] }
+a653rs-linux = { path = "../../partition" }
+log.workspace = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/ping_server/src/main.rs b/examples/ping_server/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0efda04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ping_server/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+use a653rs::partition;
+use a653rs::prelude::PartitionExt;
+use a653rs_linux::partition::ApexLogger;
+use log::LevelFilter;
+
+fn main() {
+    ApexLogger::install_panic_hook();
+    ApexLogger::install_logger(LevelFilter::Trace).unwrap();
+
+    ping_server::Partition.run()
+}
+
+#[partition(a653rs_linux::partition::ApexLinuxPartition)]
+mod ping_server {
+    use log::info;
+
+    #[sampling_in(name = "ping_request", msg_size = "16B", refresh_period = "10s")]
+    struct PingRequest;
+
+    #[sampling_out(name = "ping_response", msg_size = "32B")]
+    struct PingResponse;
+
+    #[start(cold)]
+    fn cold_start(mut ctx: start::Context) {
+        // intialize the request destination port
+        ctx.create_ping_request().unwrap();
+
+        // intialize the response source port
+        ctx.create_ping_response().unwrap();
+
+        // launch the periodic process
+        ctx.create_periodic_ping_server().unwrap().start().unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[start(warm)]
+    fn warm_start(ctx: start::Context) {
+        cold_start(ctx);
+    }
+
+    // the server process is super simple; all it does is receive a request and
+    // respond to it
+    #[periodic(
+        period = "0ms",
+        time_capacity = "Infinite",
+        stack_size = "8KB",
+        base_priority = 1,
+        deadline = "Soft"
+    )]
+    fn periodic_ping_server(ctx: periodic_ping_server::Context) {
+        info!("started ping_server process");
+        loop {
+            info!("forwarding request as response ");
+
+            // allocate a buffer to receive into
+            let mut buf = [0u8; 32];
+
+            // receive a request, storing it to `buf`
+            ctx.ping_request.unwrap().receive(&mut buf).unwrap();
+
+            // `ctx.get_time()` returns a [SystemTime], which might be `Infinite`, or just a
+            // normal time. Thus we have to check that indeed a normal time was returned.
+            let SystemTime::Normal(time) = ctx.get_time() else {
+                panic!("could not read time");
+            };
+
+            // convert the current time to an u128 integer representing nanoseconds, and
+            // serialize the integer to a byte array
+            let time_in_nanoseconds = time.as_nanos();
+            buf[16..32].copy_from_slice(&time_in_nanoseconds.to_le_bytes());
+
+            // send the contents of `buf` back as response
+            ctx.ping_response.unwrap().send(&buf).unwrap();
+
+            // wait until the next partition window / MiF
+            ctx.periodic_wait().unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 1c21c4c..97d8852 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@
             name = "fuel_tank";
             partitions = [ "fuel_tank_simulation" "fuel_tank_controller" ];
           }
+          {
+            name = "ping";
+            partitions = [ "ping_server" "ping_client" ];
+          }
         ];
 
         cargoPackageList = ps: builtins.map (p: "--package=${p}") ps;