Abstract
The paper presents the results of an ongoing research project where the objectives are to evaluate medium access control (MAC) protocols in view of the requirements for distributed digital flight control systems (DDFCS) of advanced aircraft and to recommend a specific protocol for their prototype development. The selection of an appropriate MAC protocol is critical for the dynamic performance of an aircraft because the DDFCS, in addition to the sampling time delay, is subject to timevarying transport delays due to data latency of messages at different terminals of the control loop. The SAE linear token bus, SAE token ring and the conventional MILSTD- 1553B protocols have been analyzed using combined discrete-event and continuous-time simulation techniques. The impact of data latency on the dynamic performance of an advanced aircraft is illustrated by simulation of the closed loop DDFCS.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 370-377 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME |
| Volume | 109 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - Dec 1987 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Information Systems
- Instrumentation
- Mechanical Engineering
- Computer Science Applications