Simulation tool for air traffic communications security
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsRadhakrishna G. Sampigethaya, Radha Poovendran
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for simulating effects of threats to aircraft communications. A simulation of an aircraft environment is run with the aircraft communications in an aircraft communications network in the aircraft environment. A number of conditions is introduced. The number of conditions comprises a threat configured to affect the aircraft communications in the aircraft communications network in an undesired manner. A change in traffic flow of aircraft in an airspace in the aircraft environment is identified in response to the number of conditions.
Claims20
A method for simulating effects of threats to aircraft communications, the method comprising:
- running, on a computer, a simulation of an aircraft environment with the aircraft communications in an aircraft communications network in the aircraft environment;
- introducing into the simulation a number of conditions, wherein the number of conditions comprises a threat configured to affect the aircraft communications in the aircraft communications network in an undesired manner;
- identifying, by the computer, a change in the aircraft communications in the simulation in response to the number of conditions;
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- identifying, by the computer, a change in traffic flow of aircraft in an airspace in the aircraft environment in response to the change in the aircraft communications.
A method for simulating communications disruptions in an aircraft environment, the method comprising:
- running, on a computer, a simulation of the aircraft environment;
- introducing input conditions to the simulation comprising at least one threat and at least one solution to reduce at least one of the at least one threat and effects of the at least one threat;
- identifying, by the computer, changes to a number of performance metrics caused by the input conditions;
- identifying, by the computer, a change in communications between aircraft in the simulation in response to the input conditions;
- identifying, by the computer, a change in movement of the aircraft in an airspace in the aircraft environment in response to the change in communications between the aircraft;
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- displaying, by the computer, a result of the at least one threat and the at least one solution in the simulation with respect to the movement of the aircraft in the airspace in the aircraft environment on a display system.
An apparatus comprising:
- a computer system configured to:
- run a simulation of an aircraft environment with aircraft communications;
- introduce a number of conditions into the simulation, wherein the number of conditions comprises a threat configured to affect the aircraft communications in an aircraft communications network in the aircraft environment in an undesired manner;
- identify a change in the aircraft communications in the simulation in response to the number of conditions;
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- identify a change in traffic flow of aircraft in an airspace in the aircraft environment in response to the change in the aircraft communications.
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