摘要 |
Health monitoring apparatus (51 - Figure 2, 50, 52, 54) for a communications system (42) of a platform comprising a plurality of systems and/or functions (12) and at least one platform application (14, 16, 18, 20), said communications system being configured to transmit and/or receive data and to effect wireless data communication by means of one of a plurality of supported communications links, wherein said health monitoring apparatus is configured to:
- receive health data from one or more of said communications links, said health data being representative of a current status of respective said one or more of said communications links;
- monitor said received health data for data indicative of one or more predetermined conditions;
- in the event that a predetermined condition is identified, generate report data representative of said predetermined condition; and
- provide said report data to one or more predefined recipients associated with said platform. |