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Department of Aeronautical Engineering, REC

Subject Code Subject Name Category L T P C
AV19P301 AVIONICS NETWORK TECHNOLOGY PE 3 0 0 3

Objectives:
⚫ To introduce students about the basic concepts of fiber optic networks and its elements.
⚫ To understand the basic aspects of aeronautical telecommunication networks
⚫ To introduce the various wireless networks used in the aircraft.
⚫ To introduce about the military avionics networks.
⚫ To understand the concepts of real time integrated avionics network.

UNIT-I OPTICAL NETWORKS 9
Fiber channel- WDM LAN- Fiber channel-RF over fiber- Highly integrated photonics (HIP)-Routing in optics-
Amplification in optics.
UNIT-II ATN (AERONAUTICAL TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK) 9
ATN Concepts – ATN functionality – ATN Components – End Systems – ATN physical and administrative structures
– ATN planning and implementation process – ATN Router. Military Gigabit type – Ethernet Architecture – Modems
- Wideband mobile routers – Smart router – IP Address in cockpit
UNIT-III WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK 9
Introduction-Challenges for wireless sensor networks-Comparison of sensor network with ad hoc network-single node
architecture-Hardware components-energy consumption of sensor nodes-Network architecture-sensor network
scenarios-types of sources and sinks-single hop versus multi-hop-networks-multiple sinks and sources-Design
principles-Development of wireless sensor networks-Application-military-Target detection tracking-Habitat
monitoring-Environmental disaster monitoring.
UNIT-IV WIDEBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKS FOR MILITARY 9
AVIONICS
Communication data link (CDL) - IP based routing in FBW-Smart antenna networking.
UNIT-V REAL TIME INTEGRATED AVIONICS NETWORK 9
Inter networking- Multimedia- Pilot vehicles-other defense and aerospace application-Scalable Coherent interface-
SCI/RI-Integrated modulator avionics.
Total Contact Hours : 45
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course students will be able to
Understand the advanced concepts of Avionics Networking Technology to the engineers and to provide the
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necessary knowledge that are needed in understanding the related processes.
⚫ Understand the basic aspects of fiber optic networks and its elements.
⚫ Get introduced about the wireless networks used in the aircraft.
⚫ Get introduced with the real time integrated avionics network.
Exposure on military avionics network and will be able to deploy these skills effectively in the solution of
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problems in avionics engineering.

Text Books:
1 Jian-Guozhang, A.Pervez, A.B.Sharma, “Avionics Data Buses: Overview”, IEEE AESS Magazine, Feb 2003.
2 Carry A spitzer, “Avionics Data Buses”, Fifty edition 2005.
3 Frank Gross, “Smart Antennas for Wireless Communication” Wisely Publications, second edition 2004.
Hamed Al-Raweshidy, Shozo Komaki. “Radio Over Fiber Technology, for Mobile Communication Network”,
4
2002.
Hamed Al-Raweshidy, Shozo Komaki. “Radio Over Fiber Technology, for Mobile Communication Network”,
5
2002.
Clifford Headuey, Govind P Agarwal, “Raman Amplification in FiberOpical Communication Systems”, Tara-
6
McGrall publications, 2002.

Reference Books / Web links:
Feng zhao, Leonidas guibas, “Wiresess Sensor Networks: An Information Processing Approach”, Elsevier
1
publication, 2004.
C.S.Raghavendra Krishna, M.sivalingam and Taripznati, “Wireless Sensor Networks”, Springer publication,
2
2004.
3 H.Callaway, “Wireless Sensor Networks: Architecture And Protocol-Edgar”, CRS press.2004.
Holger Karl, Andrea’s willig, “Protocal and Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks”, John willey publication,
4
Jan 2006.
“Wireless Sensor Networks”, First European workshop, EWSN 2004, Berlion, Germany, January 2004
5
Proceedings-Hoger Karl, Andreas willig, Adam holisz, Springer publication.2003.
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