Afdx network with a passive optical network
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsJuan LOPEZ, Jean-Bernard ITIER
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Abstract
The present invention concerns an AFDX network which is extended by a passive optical network or PON. The AFDX network comprises an AFDX switch to which are connected a plurality of equipments. The AFDX switch constitutes the optical line termination and said equipments constitute the optical network terminations of the PON. The PON broadcasts over the downlink, to all said equipments, every AFDX frame output by said AFDX switch. It also multiplexes over the uplink the AFDX frames transmitted by the same equipments. The invention also concerns an μAFDX network using a PON.
Claims17
An AFDX frame switching network comprising at least one AFDX frame switch to which are connected a plurality of equipments, at least one terminal being a subscriber to said network, characterised in that it comprises a passive optical network, the optical line terminal of which consists of the AFDX frame switch and the optical network terminals of which consist of said equipments, said passive optical network broadcasting over the downlink every AFDX frame output by said frame switch to all said equipments and multiplexing over the uplink the AFDX frames transmitted by said equipments.
An AFDX frame switching network comprising a terminal and a plurality of equipments, being subscribers to the network, characterised in that said network comprises a passive optical network, the optical line terminal of which consists of said terminal and the optical network terminals of which consist of said equipments, said passive optical network broadcasting over the downlink every AFDX frame transmitted by said terminal to all said equipments and multiplexing over the uplink the AFDX frames transmitted by said equipments.
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