GENERIC RADAR ARCHITECTURE

摘要

The invention relates to the general field of complex electronic and/or
computerized system architectures for which the interchanges take the form
of irregular data flows prompted by processing functions of variable duration
in time.
The object of the invention is an architecture designed for electronic systems
having a plurality of processing nodes in which each node provides a function
or part of a function implemented by the system. This architecture is based
on:
- one single synchronization link which supplies all the modules with a
common synchronization message containing synchronization information
and a simplified header,
- a plurality of asynchronous data interchange links, each link allowing
message interchange between two specific processing nodes, with the
interchanged messages having data to be processed, accompanied by a
generic header.
The asynchronous links'' generic header contains all the information relating
to the system''s operating step to which the interchanged data refer.
The synchronous link''s simplified header makes it possible to determine the
data stream to which the associated synchronization information applies.
Each processing node has means suitable for interfacing with the
synchronous and asynchronous links.
The invention applies particularly to the design of electromagnetic or
acoustic
sensors, such as radars and sonars.