Current onboard communication architectures are based upon an all-in-one communications management unit. This unit and associated radio systems has regularly been designed as a one-off, proprietary system. As such, it lacks flexibility and cannot adapt easily to new technology, new communication protocols, and new communication links. This paper describes the current avionics communication architecture and provides a historical perspective of the evolution of this system. A new onboard architecture is proposed that allows full use of commercial-off-the-shelf technologies to be integrated in a modular approach thereby enabling a flexible, cost-effective and fully deployable design that can take advantage of ongoing advances in the computer, cryptography, and telecommunications industries.
Modular, Cost-Effective, Extensible Avionics Architecture for Secure, Mobile Communications
IEEE 2006 Aerospace Conference ; 2006 ; Big Sky MT, United States
2007-08-01
Conference paper
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English
Cost Effective Integrated Modular Avionics
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