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Simulator Development of Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications

항공기내 무선 네트워크용 시뮬레이터 개발

  • Shin, Dong-Seong (Department of Radio and Information Communications Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Jung, Bang Chul (Department of Electronics Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Ban, Tae-Won (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Chang, Woohyuk (Agency for Defense Development) ;
  • Park, Pangun (Department of Radio and Information Communications Engineering, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2017.06.14
  • Accepted : 2017.06.23
  • Published : 2017.10.31
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Abstract

Recently, many researches have been conducted on the aviation industry to replace the wire harness cable between the avionics of the aircraft with the wireless network. In this paper, we present an Event-Based Simulator for Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications (ES-WAIC) that can verify core technologies of wireless networks and efficiently integrate different layers of the network. ES-WAIC is developed to enhance the readability between the real time control application developers of the higher layer and the network layer developers. Specifically, the practical implement relies on an event-based programming concept to increase portability and compatibility that can be applied to the realistic low-power wireless embedded networks. ES-WAIC implements the overall system layers including the wireless channel modeling of the 4.4GHz band, the physical layer, the medium access control, the network, and the application layer of wireless avionics intra-communications.

최근 항공기내 전자장비 간의 유선 하네스를 무선 네트워크로 대체하고자 하는 많은 연구가 항공 산업체를 중심으로 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 항공기내 무선 네트워크의 핵심 기반 기술을 검증하고 각 계층 기술을 효율적으로 통합 할 수 있는 이벤트 기반 시뮬레이터(ES-WAIC; Event-Based Simulator for Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications)를 개발하였다. ES-WAIC은 상위의 실시간 제어 응용 개발자와 네트워크 계층 개발자의 코드 가독성을 증대시키기 위하여 개발되었다. 특히, 실질적인 저전력 무선 임베디드 네트워크의 이벤트 기반 언어 방식을 구현하여 임베디드 시스템에 적용 할 수 있는 이식성과 호환성을 증가시켰다. ES-WAIC은 4.4GHz대역에서의 항공기내 무선통신 채널 모델링, PHY, MAC, Network, Application을 포함한 전반전인 계층이 구현되었다.

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