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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2019
Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rolls-royce North American Technologies Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
John Joseph Costello, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Richard Joseph Skertic, Carmel, IN (US);
ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC., Indianapolis, IN (US);
ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for controlling a component of an aircraft engine by communicating data over an inner control loop portion of a distributed engine control network for an aircraft; and controlling an operation of the aircraft engine by communicating encrypted data over an outer control loop portion of the distributed engine control network, wherein the data communicated over the inner control loop portion is unencrypted or encrypted with weaker encryption than the data communicated over the outer control loop portion.