Patent ID: 8879410

Claim:
A method of adapting an existing on-the-move data transfer platform for use with a weapons replaceable assembly, the data transfer platform comprising a plurality of disparate interconnect lines in which one or more of the interconnect lines has line parameters different from others of the plurality of disparate interconnect lines, the method comprising: evaluating an electrical interconnection topology of the data transfer platform, the evaluating comprising measuring line parameters of each of the plurality of disparate interconnect lines to quantify a plurality of line parameters for each of the plurality of disparate interconnect lines; determining whether, based on the measured line parameters, a group of two or more interconnect lines from the plurality of interconnect lines are compatible and can be combined to form a physical layer interface that is different from a physical layer interface previously specified for the interconnect lines; obtaining a weapons replaceable assembly comprising a data connection, the data connection requiring a bandwidth greater than the bandwidth of any single available interconnect line of the plurality of interconnect lines; and mapping the data connection of the weapons replaceable assembly to the group of compatible interconnect lines to distribute the bandwidth of the data connection over the group of compatible interconnect lines thereby adapting the interconnection topology for use with the data connection of the weapons replaceable assembly.