Patent ID: 8391788

Claim:
A remote concentration system for an avionics system, comprising: a) at least one avionics computing resource module; and, b) a plurality of remote wireless data concentration components, said avionics computing resource module and said plurality of wireless data concentration components being operably connected via a wireless (Ultra-Wideband) UWB network, wherein each of said least one avionics computing resource modules, comprises: 1) a plurality of avionics computer resource elements, each avionics computer resource element, comprising: a processing unit; and, an offload engine connected to said processing unit for routing outgoing data from said processing unit; and, 2) a plurality of UWB transceivers, each operably connected to an associated avionics computer resource element for providing wireless UWB communication with said plurality of avionics computing resource elements, wherein said processing units of said plurality of avionics computer resource elements are set up as fail-passive.