Thales

Alain Dugas

Eric Fitterer

Stéphane Monnier

Arnaud Sitbon

Yves Finaz

Frédéric Laloire

Benjamin Flament

A switch for transmitting digital data in the form of frames, each frame having an identification field and being of a first type conforming to an ARINC 664 P7 type protocol or of a second type conforming to an IEEE 802 type protocol. The switch comprising a plurality of input ports, a plurality of output ports, and a configuration table comprising for each identification value of the transmission parameters of the frames having this identification value. The switch is able to switch each frame between an input port and at least one output port exclusively on the basis of the transmission parameters corresponding to the identification value of this frame in the configuration table, independently of the type of this frame.

Switch for an aircraft communication system, and associated aircraft communication system and transmission method

The present invention relates to a switch including a plurality of input ports, a plurality of output ports, at least one output port, called observation port, being connected to an observation module able to analyze the traffic of the frames passing through via the switch, and a conveying component configured to convey each frame. The switch is configured to transmit, to the observation modules via the observation port, only frames according to a first observation condition and a second observation condition. The compliance of a frame with the first observation condition is determined as a function of an observation field and the compliance with the second observation condition is determined as a function of the identifier and/or of an input and/or output port associated with this frame.

Switch comprising an observation port and communication system comprising such a switch

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Alain Dugas