Data Communications Over Aircraft Power Lines

Abstract

This paper introduces a study of the feasibility and initial hardware design for transmitting data over aircraft power lines. The intent of this design is to significantly reduce the wiring in the aircraft instrumentation system. The potential usages of this technology include Common Airborne Instrumentation System (CAIS) or clock distribution. Aircraft power lines channel characteristics are presented and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is introduced as an attractive modulation scheme for high-speed power line transmission. A design of a full-duplex transceiver with accurate frequency planning is then discussed. A general discussion of what communications protocols are appropriate for this technology is also provided.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA435026

Entities

People

  • Charles Jones
  • Hal Tian
  • Tom Trojak

Organizations

  • Air Force Test Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Bandwidth
  • Data Transmission
  • Digital Communications
  • Field Programmable Gate Arrays
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Frequency Division Multiplexing
  • Instrumentation
  • Modulation
  • Multiplexing
  • Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transceivers
  • Transfer Functions
  • Transmitters

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Business Analytics
  • Radio communications and signal processing.