Title :
An integration framework for airport automation systems
Author :
Cheng, Ningjiang Jay
Author_Institution :
Mitre Corp., McLean, VA, USA
Abstract :
A large airport typically has dozens of automation systems that require automatic information interchange among them to ensure safe and efficient airport operations. However, those systems were often developed by different vendors and were not designed to be interoperable, which makes systems integration a very complicated matter. Ad hoc point-to-point integration often proves to be problematic. An integration framework is needed to avoid "spaghetti integration". This paper presents an integration framework for defining the integration information requirements and designing the systems integration architecture
Keywords :
aerospace computing; airports; business communication; business data processing; computer networks; open systems; airport automation systems; airport communication systems; airport information systems; business information; business integration service layer; data access component layer; database network interface layer; end-to-end network connectivity; information interchange; integration framework; integration information model; interoperability; large-scale airport systems integration; middleware framework layer; network communications layer; subsystems layer; systems integration architecture; Airports; Costs; Decision making; Design automation; FAA; Middleware; Privatization; Procurement; Teamwork; Unified modeling language;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems, 2001. DASC. 20th Conference
Conference_Location :
Daytona Beach, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7034-1
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.2001.964256
