On-board communication for active-control transport aircraftAn investigation of active control communications sponsored by the NASA Langley Research Center is summarized. Particular attention is given to comparative architectures, for which a common set of requirements is generated as a baseline. Most of the requirements are aircraft functional in nature, such as stability and command augmentation, structural load relief, flight path control, flight control linkage, flight monitoring, management, navigation, engine control, and ground communication; the time element, the hazard environment, and the communications capacity estimation are also important factors. The architectures involve several communication technologies, including dedicated links, broadcast busing, and multiplex busing. The multiplex bus system provides the greatest flexibility and installation efficiency. A future homogeneous network system is also proposed, which would be fault and damage tolerant and would, with advanced technology, avoid the problems of designing a very large and flight critical multiplex bus system.
Document ID
19820029985
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Brock, L. D. (Draper (Charles Stark) Lab., Inc. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Hopkins, A. L., Jr. (Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Spencer, J. L. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)