Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

Airbus Corporation

Airbus Operations Gmbh

Pierre Cuq

Eric Rabaute

Julien Abadie

Stéphane Papet

Nicolas Rohrbacher

Guillaume Demarquet

Vincent Soumier

Christophe Regouby

Yvan Mothes

Fabien Gilis

A method of configuring communications management on board an aircraft comprising the implementation of a mechanism for electing a master equipment item in a network of computer equipment items in charge of aircraft-ground communications of the aircraft and of configuring communication management according to the master equipment item. The method enables the applications in charge of the aircraft-ground communications to be distributed between the networked computer equipment items.

Distributed management of aircraft-ground communications in an aircraft

A method and device for managing communication channels for data exchange from an aircraft establishes at least one connection path between the aircraft and at least one ground entity with a plurality of communication channels of at least two different types. After detecting an event such as modification of a communication channel condition or a modification of aircraft position, a communication configuration enabling the aircraft to receive or transmit data from or to the ground entity via at least one of the communication channels is determined. A mechanism for establishing at least one connection path is then adapted based on the communication configuration. Advantageously, the transmission of at least one datum includes determining a priority level of the datum and determining the type of communication channel of the connection path, the datum being transmitted if the determined type of communication channel is compatible with the priority level.

Method and device for managing communication channels for data exchange from an aircraft

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Pierre Cuq