Wireless aircraft sensor network

A method and apparatus in a sensor network in an aircraft for collecting data about the aircraft. The sensor network in the aircraft collects the data about the aircraft. The sensor network comprises a set of wireless sensors attached to a first set of locations for the aircraft, a set of wireless r...

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Main Authors MITCHELL BRADLEY J, LIM EDWIN C
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 20.09.2011
Subjects
ALARM SYSTEMS
ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS
MEASURING
MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS
NAVIGATION
ORDER TELEGRAPHS
PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
PHYSICS
SELECTING
SIGNALLING
SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS
SURVEYING
TESTING
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Summary:A method and apparatus in a sensor network in an aircraft for collecting data about the aircraft. The sensor network in the aircraft collects the data about the aircraft. The sensor network comprises a set of wireless sensors attached to a first set of locations for the aircraft, a set of wireless routers attached to a second set of locations for the aircraft, and a set of gateways connected to an aircraft data processing system. The set of wireless routers is capable of receiving the data in wireless signals transmitted by the set of wireless sensors. The set of gateways is capable of receiving data in the wireless signals from the set of wireless routers to form received data and is capable of transmitting the received data into the aircraft data processing system.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080059171