Patent ID: 7551988

Claim:
A cabinet architecture, comprising: a designated function slot, comprising: at least one radio frequency (RF) front end for providing an interface with at least one antenna; at least one slot modem coupled to the RF front end for implementing at least one designated function; and at least one input/output (I/O) module coupled to the slot modem, wherein the designated function slot is capable of implementing and managing the at least one designated function during standard and emergency communication, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) operations; and at least one non-designated function slot configured to be controlled by a reconfigurable resource controlling device; wherein the designated function slot is designed and pre-configured to satisfy a set of additional requirements which cannot be satisfied by the at least one non-designated function slot, the designated function slot is configured to exclude control by the reconfigurable resource controlling device, and the reconfigurable resource controlling device is configured to perform at least one of monitoring and transferring at least a portion of functionality of the designated function slot to the at least one non-designated function slot.