Integrating polymer optical fibers in civil aircraft: Enviromental requirements and challenges

Author

Cherian, Sandy ; Spangenberg, Holger ; Caspary, Reinhard

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Flugsystemtechnik, Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany

fYear

2010

fDate

21-23 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

12

Abstract

This paper discusses the challenges and options in integrating commercial POF link and its passive/active components to the critical as well as non critical data communication in commercial aircraft. The paper focusses particularly on the relevant firm environmental requirements that have to be fulfilled to assure the reliability and safety of the commercial aircraft data communication network. Further, characterisation of POF are analyzed in detail based on MIL STD 1678/TIA 455 series and compliance with RTCA/DO 160E are evaluated in detail.

Keywords

aerospace components; avionics; data communication equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical fibre testing; optical polymers; MIL STD 1678/TIA 455 series; RTCA/DO 160E series; avionics networks; civil aircraft; commercial aircraft data communication network; polymer optical fibers; Aircraft; Data communication; Industries; Land surface temperature; Optical fibers; Polymers; Reliability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Avionics Fiber-Optics and Photonics Technology Conference (AVFOP), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5312-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5313-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AVFOP.2010.5637494

Filename

5637494