Project Wise (Integrated Wireless Sensing)

Specific Targeted Research Project WISE concerns development of new technologies for wireless sensing in aircraft environment. Current aircraft monitoring systems use sensors hard wired to their electronic acquisition unit. (1) It precludes acquisition of major parameters where wires cannot be installed. (2) It results in complex installation. (3) It very often results in increasing weight. The project objectives are to: (i) enhance aircraft system monitoring by developing concepts based on new wireless technologies and integrated sensing solutions: with autonomous sensor powering and low consumption, compatible with the harsh environment of aircraft systems, (ii) allow the monitoring of parameters that are not available or hardly available by physical link such as wiring or fluid connection, (iii) replace or simplify wiring solutions, (iv)continue monitoring or improve redundancy when with the current solutions the link would be stopped (wire cut, fluid line damaged or destroyed) (e.g.: fire event, engine rotor burst event). Consequently, wireless networks and wired networks could then be mixed to achieve essential or critical safety levels. (v) Improve information segregation: wireless technologies allow saving wiring routing space which shall be taken to improve the segregation of other wired power or signal information lines.