Distributed management of aircraft-ground communications in an aircraft
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1. A method of configuring communications management on board an aircraft comprising:
- detecting a communication management configuration event;
exchanging, by one or more computer equipment items each comprising a processing unit, information relative to at least one election criterion for electing a master equipment item in a network of computer equipment items in charge of aircraft-ground communications of the aircraft;
determining, by the one or more computer equipment items each comprising a processing unit, a master equipment item according to said exchanged information; and
configuring, by the one or more computer equipment items each comprising a processing unit, communication management according to said determined master equipment item by configuring each of the one or more computer equipment items to route one or more aircraft-ground communication messages to the master equipment item and configuring the master equipment item to manage aircraft-ground communications, including the one or more aircraft-ground communication messages, for each of the one or more computer equipment items.
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Abstract
A method of configuring communications management on board an aircraft comprising the implementation of a mechanism for electing a master equipment item in a network of computer equipment items in charge of aircraft-ground communications of the aircraft and of configuring communication management according to the master equipment item. The method enables the applications in charge of the aircraft-ground communications to be distributed between the networked computer equipment items.
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1. A method of configuring communications management on board an aircraft comprising:
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detecting a communication management configuration event; exchanging, by one or more computer equipment items each comprising a processing unit, information relative to at least one election criterion for electing a master equipment item in a network of computer equipment items in charge of aircraft-ground communications of the aircraft; determining, by the one or more computer equipment items each comprising a processing unit, a master equipment item according to said exchanged information; and configuring, by the one or more computer equipment items each comprising a processing unit, communication management according to said determined master equipment item by configuring each of the one or more computer equipment items to route one or more aircraft-ground communication messages to the master equipment item and configuring the master equipment item to manage aircraft-ground communications, including the one or more aircraft-ground communication messages, for each of the one or more computer equipment items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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- 12. A computer equipment item for managing communications on board an aircraft comprising a processing unit configured, by virtue of memory storing a computer program for execution by the processing unit, to detect a communication management configuration event, exchange information relative to at least one election criterion for electing a master equipment item in a network of computer equipment items in charge of aircraft-ground communications of the aircraft, determine a master equipment item on the basis of said exchanged information, and configure the management of communication on the basis of said determined master equipment item by configuring each of the one or more computer equipment items to route one or more aircraft-ground communication messages to the master equipment item and configuring the master equipment item to manage aircraft-ground communications, including the one or more aircraft-ground communication messages, for each of the one or more computer equipment items.
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