Aircraft Cabin Network Transceivers Wireless Reconfiguration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing network infrastructure in aircraft requires extensive rewiring and reconfiguration when cabin layouts change, leading to increased weight, cost, and time due to the use of physical wires for data transmission, which is inefficient and cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing transceiver units and wireless communication links to transmit messages between computer systems over different physical network media, allowing for reconfiguration without the need for physical rewiring by identifying subsequent transceiver units based on their physical position, enabling seamless data transmission across various networks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If physical wires are used to transmit data between computer systems in aircraft networks, then data transmission is achieved, but the system becomes difficult to reconfigure when cabin layouts change, increasing weight, cost, and time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical wiring system with a wireless communication system. Transceiver units communicate data wirelessly through the aircraft cabin, eliminating the need for physical wires connecting computer systems. This substitution directly resolves the contradiction by removing the heavy, inflexible wiring infrastructure while maintaining data transmission capability, thereby reducing aircraft weight and enabling easy reconfiguration when cabin layouts change.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces transceiver units as intermediary devices that facilitate wireless communication between computer systems. These transceivers act as mediators, receiving data from one computer system and transmitting it to another without requiring direct physical wire connections. This intermediary approach enables flexible network reconfiguration while eliminating the weight penalty of extensive wiring, directly addressing the adaptability-weight contradiction.
2Adaptability or versatility
If extensive wiring is installed for future use in aircraft cabins, then network adaptability is improved, but aircraft weight increases and fuel economy decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical wiring infrastructure with wireless transceiver units that can be easily added or repositioned. Instead of installing heavy wires throughout the aircraft for potential future use, the system uses wireless communication that requires no physical infrastructure installation. This eliminates the weight of provisional wiring and the associated fuel consumption penalty while maintaining full adaptability for future network expansion.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a dynamic, reconfigurable network using wireless transceivers that can be easily added, removed, or repositioned based on future cabin configuration needs. Unlike static wiring that must be installed in advance, the wireless system allows real-time adaptation without adding weight. This dynamic approach provides future expansion capability while avoiding the fuel economy penalty of carrying unnecessary wiring.
3Productivity
If physical wires are removed and wireless communication is implemented, then network reconfiguration time and cost are reduced, but data transmission reliability may be affected
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical wiring system with wireless transceiver units that communicate through electromagnetic signals. This substitution dramatically increases reconfiguration speed since transceivers can be added or moved without physical wire installation or panel removal. The system maintains reliability through structured wireless communication protocols and error handling mechanisms, resolving the contradiction between reconfiguration productivity and transmission reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal communication platform using wireless transceivers that can serve multiple functions and configurations. The same wireless infrastructure supports various data transmission needs and can be easily reconfigured for different cabin layouts. This multi-functional wireless system provides both rapid reconfiguration capability and reliable data transmission, eliminating the trade-off present in wired systems where reconfiguration requires extensive physical work.
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AI summary
The different advantageous embodiments provide a system and method for transmitting messages. In one advantageous embodiment, a system comprising a number of transceiver units, a first computer system, and a second computer system is provided. The number of transceiver units are configured for use in a cabin of a vehicle, each of the number of transceiver units being configured to receive a number of messages and transmit the number of messages to a subsequent transceiver unit, wherein the subsequent transceiver unit is identified based on a physical position of each of the number of transceiver units to one another. The first computer system is configured for use in the cabin, the first computer system receiving the number of messages on a first number of physical network media and transmitting the number of messages over a first wireless communications link to a first transceiver unit in the number of transceiver units.