Secure microservice architecture for unmanned air traffic management

A method performed by an air traffic management system comprising a server, and a plurality of service wrappers respectively associated with a plurality of services, each service having a core for providing aviation-related data, wherein the core is encapsulated by the associated service wrapper for providing an interface between the core and the server, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the server, from a user, a request for aviation-related data;
• obtaining, by the server, from the request, a requested type of aviation related data and a requested first service characteristic;
• requesting, by the server, from each of the plurality of service wrappers, in response to the request for aviation-related data, service information of a service associated with a service wrapper;
• determining, by each of the plurality of service wrappers, service metrics for the service associated with the respective service wrapper based on the aviation-related data provided by the core of the service associated with the respective service wrapper, wherein each of the service metrics indicates a performance of the service associated with the respective service wrapper;
• obtaining, by the server, from each of the plurality of service wrappers, the requested service information for the service associated with the respective service wrapper, the service information comprising a service type and the service metrics determined by the service wrapper for the service associated with the respective service wrapper;
• identifying, by the server based on the requested service information, from the plurality of services, one or more services having a service type corresponding to the requested type of aviation-related data;
• identifying, by the server, from the one or more services having the service type corresponding to the requested type of aviation-related data, one or more services having service metrics that satisfy the requested first service characteristic;
• selecting, by the server, a service from the one or more services having service metrics that satisfy the requested first service characteristic;
• providing to the user, by the server, connection information for connecting to the service wrapper associated with the selected service;
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• storing, by the server, in a memory, an association between the user and the service wrapper associated with the selected service.

An air traffic management system, comprising:

• a first service wrapper configured to encapsulate a core of a first service for providing an interface between the core of the first service and a server, the first service wrapper configured to determine first service metrics for the first service based on aviation-related data provided by the core of the first service, wherein each of the first service metrics indicates a performance of the first service;
• and
• a second service wrapper configured to encapsulate a core of a second service for providing an interface between the core of the second service and the server, the second service wrapper configured to determine second service metrics for the second service based on aviation-related data provided by the core of the second service, wherein each of the second service metrics indicates a performance of the second service;
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• the server configured to receive, from a user, a request for aviation-related data, wherein the server, in response to the request, is configured to (1) obtain from the first service wrapper first service information comprising a service type for the first service and the first service metrics and (2) obtain from the second service wrapper second service information comprising a service type for the second service and the second service metrics, wherein the server is configured to determine, based on the first service information and the second service information, (1) whether the service type for the first service and the service type for the second service respectively correspond to a type of aviation-related data requested by the request from the user and (2) whether the first service metrics and the second service metrics respectively satisfy a service characteristic indicated by the request from the user, and wherein the server is configured to provide, to the user, connection information for connecting to one of the first service and the second service based on (1) whether the service type for the first service and the service type for the second service respectively correspond to the type of aviation-related data requested by the request from the user and (2) whether the first service metrics and the second service metrics respectively satisfy the service characteristic indicated by the request from the user.