The application of commercial power line communications technology for avionics systems

Author

Dominiak, S. ; Serbu, S. ; Schneele, Stefan ; Nuscheler, F. ; Mayer, T.

Author_Institution

Lucerne Univ. of Appl. Sci. & Arts (HSLU), Lucerne, Switzerland

fYear

2012

fDate

14-18 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

21

Abstract

EU research project TAUPE has shown positive results for the use of PLC as an avionics data bus. Performance testing on a laboratory demonstrator has shown PLC can provide data rates approaching 100 Mbps and low latency times (<;5 ms). However, deficiencies have been identified mainly at the MAC layer related to: Network setup time; Efficient support of multicast/broadcast data delivery; and Deterministic channel access scheduling. These deficiencies are not inherent to PLC, but rather to specific implementations of consumer technology, do not present a showstopper. Future work will focus on moving more towards safety critical applications by: Developing a more deterministic PLC MAC protocol; and Developing an FPGA-based modem compliant to the relevant Design Assurance Guidelines.

Keywords

access protocols; avionics; broadcast communication; carrier transmission on power lines; multicast communication; EU research project; FPGA-based modem compliant; MAC layer; PLC MAC protocol; TAUPE project; avionics data bus; avionics systems; bit rate 100 Mbit/s; broadcast data delivery; commercial power line communications technology; consumer technology; design assurance guidelines; deterministic channel access scheduling; laboratory demonstrator; multicast data delivery;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2012 IEEE/AIAA 31st

Conference_Location

Williamsburg, VA

ISSN

2155-7195

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1699-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.2012.6383105

Filename

6383105