Patent ID: 8600584

Claim:
An aircraft control system of an aircraft comprising: a first control system configured to control a first function of the aircraft; and a second control system, different from the first control system, configured to control a second function of the aircraft different from the first function, wherein the first control system includes at least one first computer and a first set of first sensors and first actuators, the first computer being configured to receive measurements from the first sensors and to control the first actuators of the first set, the second control system includes at least one second computer and a second set of second sensors and second actuators, the second computer being configured to receive measurements from the second sensors and to control the second actuators of the second set, the first and second computers, the first and second sensors, and the first and second actuators of the first and second sets subscribe to a same Avionics Full Duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX) network, and the first and second sets have at least one shared sensor.