8.2 - Wireless Data Acquisition in Flight Test Networks

Event
etc2016 - 36. European Telemetry and Test Conference
2016-05-10 - 2016-05-12
Nürnberg, Germany
Chapter
8. Wireless Data Acquisition
Author(s)
D. Collins - Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Dublin (Ireland)
Pages
225 - 232
DOI
10.5162/etc2016/8.2
ISBN
978-3-9816876-2-0
Price
free

Abstract

The use of wireless data networks is ubiquitous in the consumer world. They have gained significant traction due to advantages afforded by the lack of wires. These same advantages can prove valuable in Flight Test for data acquisition. Sensor nodes are ideal candidates for low bandwidth wireless networks. Located in remote, hard to reach and hostile environments, wirelessly acquiring data from such sensor can solve a number of existing issues for FTI engineers. Implementing such wireless communication introduces a number of challenges such as guaranteeing reliable transfer of the sensor data and time synchronization of the remote nodes. This paper addresses wireless sensor acquisition, the associated challenges and discusses approaches and solutions to these problems.

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