Future avionics systems will require high-bandwidth on-board communication links that are lightweight, immune to electromagnetic interference, and highly reliable. Fiber optic communication technology can meet all these challenges in a cost-effective manner. Recent advances in fiber optic technology, especially wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), have opened a number of possibilities for designing on-board fiber optic networks for radar and avionics RF signal distribution. In this paper, we investigate a number of different novel approaches for fiber-optic transmission of on-board VHF and UHF RF signals using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components. The relative merits and demerits of each architecture are discussed, and the suitability of each architecture for particular applications is pointed out.


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    Title :

    Fiber-optic network architectures for on-board radar and avionics signal distribution


    Contributors:
    Alam, M.F. (author) / Atiquzzaman, M. (author) / Duncan, B.B. (author) / Hung Nguyen (author) / Kunath, R. (author)


    Publication date :

    2000


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 11 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English