Title :
The incorporation of fibre channel and scalable coherent interface technologies in avionics systems
Author :
Valentino, George J. ; Bohman, Tom
Author_Institution :
SYSTRAN Corp., Dayton, OH, USA
Abstract :
New and emerging combat aircraft, especially those with sophisticated surveillance and multi-spectral capabilities, acquire and need to move and process data at enormous data rates. Avionics architectures have evolved over time to adapt to these demanding data acquisition, data movement, data processing, and data storage requirements. The trend has been from dedicated, through federated, to distributed systems. Two key technologies that can support the continued movement to distributed systems are Fibre Channel (FC) and Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI). This paper will discuss and compare FC and SCI, illustrate how they may be used in a complementary manner, and provide insights into component and device sources
Keywords :
avionics; data acquisition; distributed processing; military aircraft; optical fibre communication; system buses; FC; SCI; avionics systems; combat aircraft; data acquisition; data movement; data processing; data storage requirements; distributed systems; fibre channel technologies; multi-spectral capabilities; scalable coherent interface technologies; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Bandwidth; Data acquisition; Data processing; Digital signal processing; Image storage; Memory; Optical fiber communication; Surveillance;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1996., 15th AIAA/IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3385-3
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.1996.559183
