Distributed management of aircraft-ground communications in an aircraft

摘要

A method of configuring communications management on board an aircraft comprising the implementation of a mechanism for electing a master equipment item in a network of computer equipment items in charge of aircraft-ground communications of the aircraft and of configuring communication management according to the master equipment item. The method enables the applications in charge of the aircraft-ground communications to be distributed between the networked computer equipment items.

主权项

1. A method of configuring communications management on board an aircraft comprising:
detecting a communication management configuration event; exchanging, by one or more computer equipment items each comprising a processing unit, information relative to at least one election criterion for electing a master equipment item in a network of computer equipment items in charge of aircraft-ground communications of the aircraft; determining, by the one or more computer equipment items each comprising a processing unit, a master equipment item according to said exchanged information; and configuring, by the one or more computer equipment items each comprising a processing unit, communication management according to said determined master equipment item by configuring each of the one or more computer equipment items to route one or more aircraft-ground communication messages to the master equipment item and configuring the master equipment item to manage aircraft-ground communications, including the one or more aircraft-ground communication messages, for each of the one or more computer equipment items.