Patent ID: 8484384
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An ACARS message communications system comprising: at least one on-board piece of equipment harbouring an application adapted for transmitting and/or receiving ACARS messages; and a router adapted for routing said ACARS messages towards or from a plurality of subnetworks, wherein said equipment and said router are connected to an AFDX network and said application is adapted for dynamic registration at the router, via a registration request that declares the application as a new client at the router, the registration request being transmitted across said AFDX network, and the router only routing said ACARS messages if said application is actually registered at the router, wherein the registration request and a possible registration confirmation are transmitted by an APOTA/TFTP/UDP/IP protocol stack, wherein APOTA designates a protocol adaptation layer between a TFTP layer and the application, on the side of the equipment, and a protocol adaptation layer between an Arinc 618 layer and a TFTP layer, on the router side.