Remote integration of time-critical aerospace applications
Carlos C. Insaurralde · 2016
Time-critical aerospace applications demand more and more large engineering teams. It also includes manufacturing fragmentation across geographically-dispersed locations. The integration required is usually for tightly-coupled hardware-software components/subsystems. Early system verifications/validation based on remote integration can significantly reduce costs and risks since tests can be remotely conducted until a physical integration takes place in a central location. The challenge is to allow fragmented system parts to work together as if they were co-located. This paper reviews information and communication technologies to remotely integrate time-critical applications deployed across distributed parts of complex systems. The review allows for analysis the real-time performance (mainly latency) from middleware candidates so that they can be compared. It also discusses the impact of such performance on time-critical control applications by showing results from a simple case study. The outcomes from this research establish interesting directions for further investigations to develop a framework for remote integration of distributed system management/development. This paper presents some example applications and a case study. Concluding remarks and future works is also presented.