Title :
Failure management in spatio-temporal redundant, integrated navigation and flight control reference-systems
Author :
Krogmann, Uwe K.
Author_Institution :
Bodenseewerk Geratetech. GmbH, Ueberlingen, West Germany
Abstract :
Failure management techniques for highly reliable, fault-tolerant inertial reference systems are described. Cost, weight, and power considerations imply the use of a minimum number of inertial sensors in a skewed geometry. Fault-tolerant hardware performance is obtained by spatially separated channels with a preceptron-type information flow. Data diversity in temporally separated software channels yields software fault tolerance. Advanced vector space procedures for fault detection, localization, masking, and dynamic system reconfiguration permit safe and quick response, yielding minimal data and recovery latency
Keywords :
aerospace computer control; aerospace computing; aircraft instrumentation; fault tolerant computing; inertial navigation; data diversity; dynamic system reconfiguration; failure management; fault detection; fault location; fault-tolerant inertial reference systems; inertial sensors; integrated navigation/flight control; skewed geometry; software fault tolerance; spatially separated channels; spatio temporal redundant system; vector space procedures; Accelerometers; Aerospace control; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft navigation; Costs; Fault tolerance; Hardware; Power system management; Redundancy; Sensor arrays;
Conference_Titel :
Position Location and Navigation Symposium, 1990. Record. The 1990's - A Decade of Excellence in the Navigation Sciences. IEEE PLANS '90., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
DOI :
10.1109/PLANS.1990.66196