diff --git a/pkg/pcic/frame.go b/pkg/pcic/frame.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0f7c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/pcic/frame.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package pcic
+
+import "github.com/graugans/go-ovp8xx/pkg/chunk"
+
+type Frame struct {
+	Chunks []chunk.ChunkData
+}
diff --git a/pkg/pcic/protocol.go b/pkg/pcic/protocol.go
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/pcic/protocol.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package pcic
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/graugans/go-ovp8xx/pkg/chunk"
+)
+
+type PCIC struct {
+}
+
+const (
+	headerSize           int = 20
+	minimumContentLength int = 6
+	ticketFieldLength    int = 4
+	lengthFieldLength    int = 10
+	delimiterFieldLength int = 2
+)
+
+const (
+	firstTicketOffset  int = 0
+	lengthOffset       int = 4
+	secondTicketOffset int = 16
+	delimiterOffset    int = 14
+	dataOffset         int = 20
+)
+
+const (
+	startMarker string = "star"
+	endMarker   string = "stop"
+)
+
+func (p *PCIC) Receive(reader io.Reader) (Frame, error) {
+	frame := Frame{}
+	header := make([]byte, headerSize)
+	n, err := io.ReadFull(reader, header)
+	if err != nil {
+		return frame, err
+	}
+	if n < headerSize {
+		return frame, fmt.Errorf("not enough data received: %d", n)
+	}
+	firstTicket := header[:ticketFieldLength]
+	secondTicket := header[secondTicketOffset:dataOffset]
+	if !bytes.Equal(firstTicket, secondTicket) {
+		return frame, fmt.Errorf("mismatch in the tickets %s != %s ",
+			string(firstTicket),
+			string(secondTicket),
+		)
+	}
+	lengthBuffer := string(header[lengthOffset:secondTicketOffset])
+	if lengthBuffer[0] != 'L' {
+		return frame, fmt.Errorf("the length field does not start with 'L': %v", lengthBuffer)
+	}
+	length := 0
+	n, err = fmt.Sscanf(lengthBuffer, "L%09d\r\n", &length)
+	if err != nil {
+		return frame, err
+	}
+	if n != 1 {
+		return frame, errors.New("no length in the length field detected")
+	}
+	if length < minimumContentLength {
+		return frame, errors.New("the length information is too short")
+	}
+	data := make([]byte, length-ticketFieldLength)
+	if _, err = io.ReadFull(reader, data); err != nil {
+		return frame, err
+	}
+	trailer := data[len(data)-delimiterFieldLength:]
+	if !bytes.Equal(trailer, []byte{'\r', '\n'}) {
+		return frame, errors.New("invalid trailer detected")
+	}
+	contentDecorated := data[:len(data)-delimiterFieldLength]
+	if len(startMarker)+len(endMarker) > len(contentDecorated) {
+		return frame, fmt.Errorf("missing start (%s) and end markers (%s) buffer length: %d",
+			startMarker,
+			endMarker,
+			len(contentDecorated),
+		)
+	}
+	content := contentDecorated[len(endMarker) : len(contentDecorated)-len(endMarker)]
+	if len(content) == 0 {
+		// no content is available
+		return frame, nil
+	}
+	remainingBytes := len(content)
+	offset := 0
+	for remainingBytes > 0 {
+		c := chunk.ChunkData{}
+		if err := c.Parse(content[offset:]); err != nil {
+			return frame, err
+		}
+		frame.Chunks = append(frame.Chunks, c)
+		offset += c.Size()
+		remainingBytes -= c.Size()
+	}
+	return frame, err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/pcic/protocol_test.go b/pkg/pcic/protocol_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c261a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/pcic/protocol_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package pcic_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/graugans/go-ovp8xx/pkg/chunk"
+	"github.com/graugans/go-ovp8xx/pkg/pcic"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+const miniMalContentLength int = 14
+
+func TestMinimalReceive(t *testing.T) {
+	r := strings.NewReader("Hello, Reader!")
+	p := pcic.PCIC{}
+	_, err := p.Receive(r)
+	assert.Error(t, err, "We expect an error while receiving malformed data")
+
+	// Test the minimal possible PCIC message
+	r = strings.NewReader("0001L000000014\r\n0001starstop\r\n")
+	_, err = p.Receive(r)
+	assert.NoError(t, err, "We expect no error while receiving data")
+}
+
+func TestReceiveWithChunk(t *testing.T) {
+	c := chunk.ChunkData{}
+	chunkData := []byte{
+		0x69, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* CHUNK_TYPE */
+		0x34, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* CHUNK_SIZE */
+		0x30, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* HEADER_SIZE */
+		0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* HEADER_VERSION */
+		0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* IMAGE_WIDTH */
+		0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* IMAGE_HEIGTH */
+		0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* DATA_FORMAT */
+		0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* TIME_STAMP */
+		0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* FRAME_COUNT */
+		0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* STATUS_CODE */
+		0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, /* TIME_STAMP_SEC */
+		0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, /* TIME_STAMP_NSEC */
+		0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xBB, /* DATA */
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t,
+		c.Parse(chunkData),
+		"A successful parse expected",
+	)
+	p := pcic.PCIC{}
+	buffer := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"0001L%09d\r\n0001star%sstop\r\n",
+		miniMalContentLength+len(chunkData),
+		string(chunkData),
+	)
+	// Test the PCIC message with single chunk
+	r := strings.NewReader(buffer)
+	f, err := p.Receive(r)
+	assert.NoError(t, err, "We expect no error while receiving data")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, chunk.RADIAL_DISTANCE_NOISE, f.Chunks[0].Type())
+
+	// test with trailing XX after the chunk
+	buffer = fmt.Sprintf(
+		"0001L%09d\r\n0001star%sXXstop\r\n",
+		miniMalContentLength+len(chunkData)+2,
+		string(chunkData),
+	)
+	// Test the PCIC message with single chunk
+	r = strings.NewReader(buffer)
+	_, err = p.Receive(r)
+	assert.Error(t, err, "We expect an error while receiving malformed data")
+
+}