Distributed flight control system using fiber distributed data interface (FDDI)

Author

Hall, Oliver Keith ; Stigall, Paul D.

Author_Institution

McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Co., St. Louis, MO, USA

Volume

7

Issue

6

fYear

1992

fDate

6/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

33

Abstract

The design of fault-tolerant distributed control systems is discussed. The application described is a generic flight control system (FCS) for a fighter aircraft. The system is designed for high redundancy and expandability to meet various requirements. The communication network is based on the fiber distributed data interface (FDDI), which provides a high level of electromagnetic interference resistance and reliability. The choice of fiber optic media also provides an extremely high bandwidth and tremendous growth capability for future communications needs. This study is not specific to FDDI or flight control systems. The methods and configurations presented should be applicable to many real-time control implementations.<>

Keywords

aerospace computer control; data communication systems; distributed control; fault tolerant computing; military systems; optical links; protocols; redundancy; token networks; aerodynamics; communication network; electromagnetic interference resistance; expandability; fault-tolerant distributed control; fiber distributed data interface; fighter aircraft; flight control; real-time control; redundancy; reliability; Aerospace control; Communication networks; Distributed control; Electromagnetic interference; FDDI; Fault tolerant systems; Military aircraft; Optical fiber communication; Redundancy; Telecommunication network reliability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.145116

Filename

145116