| 摘要 |
<p>A communications structure, and a corresponding method, for transmission of data and other signals between electronic modules (14) of a spacecraft (10). The modules (14) each have at least one transmitter/receiver (20) through which the signals are communicated over a wireless local area network. In some spacecraft configurations, a system transmitter/receiver (22) may act as a relay or network router to forward messages to their intended destinations. In other configurations, there are multiple transmitter/receivers on each module, associated with separate components (24) or sub-modules. The multiple transmitter/receivers on a single module (14) communicate either directly to the system transmitter/receiver (22), or indirectly through a common module transmitter/receiver (20). In yet another embodiment of the invention, modules are located inside an enclosure and have transmitter/receivers that communicate with each other by broadcast wireless transmissions. Transmission of signals may be at optical, infrared or radio frequencies. <IMAGE></p> |
