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Local Area Networks (LANs) in Aircraft - FTP Directory Listing - FAA

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Other Control Sites<br />

Controller<br />

ATC Voice<br />

A<br />

Control Site<br />

E<br />

Remote Site<br />

<strong>Aircraft</strong><br />

Avionics<br />

Pilots<br />

Crew<br />

<strong>Aircraft</strong><br />

operator<br />

ATC Data<br />

AOC/AAC Data<br />

Public Internet<br />

B<br />

C<br />

D<br />

Control<br />

Site<br />

Equipment<br />

MMC<br />

Technicians<br />

F<br />

Remote<br />

Site<br />

Equipment<br />

MMC<br />

G<br />

G<br />

Technicians<br />

H<br />

Passengers<br />

<strong>Aircraft</strong><br />

Pilots<br />

Avionics<br />

Crew<br />

Passengers<br />

AAC = Airl<strong>in</strong>e Adm<strong>in</strong>istration Communication<br />

AOC = Airl<strong>in</strong>e Operational Communication<br />

ATC = Air Traffic Control<br />

MMC = Ma<strong>in</strong>tenance, monitor, and control<br />

Figure 2. Generic Future Communication System Physical Architecture [17]<br />

Advocates have identified undesirable security implications with the approach shown <strong>in</strong> figure 1,<br />

related to potentially expos<strong>in</strong>g avionics systems to passenger devices and systems. These<br />

advocates argue that the advantages achieved by remov<strong>in</strong>g the historic security air gap between<br />

avionics and passenger systems cannot justify the <strong>in</strong>creased risk to avionic systems posed by that<br />

connectivity. Consequently, they have identified an alternative target architecture, which is<br />

shown <strong>in</strong> figure 3.<br />

Exist<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Airborne Equipment<br />

<strong>Aircraft</strong> Control<br />

(possibly conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

an IP Network)<br />

Non-IP communication<br />

<strong>in</strong>terface<br />

Non-IP communication<br />

<strong>in</strong>terface<br />

Nonessential<br />

IP<br />

network<br />

Passenger<br />

Internet<br />

Services<br />

Difference<br />

1<br />

Proposed Target<br />

Airborne Equipment<br />

<strong>Aircraft</strong> Control<br />

(conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g an<br />

IP Network)<br />

IP IP communication<br />

<strong>in</strong>terface<br />

Nonessential<br />

IP<br />

network<br />

Passenger<br />

Internet<br />

Services<br />

Primary differences <strong>in</strong> proposed<br />

target environment:<br />

1. <strong>Aircraft</strong> Control, and<br />

Airl<strong>in</strong>e Information<br />

Services share a common<br />

network system.<br />

2. Specific <strong>Aircraft</strong> Control and<br />

Airl<strong>in</strong>e Information Services<br />

processes form distributed<br />

network relationships with<br />

NAS ground computers by<br />

us<strong>in</strong>g an IP-based air-to-ground<br />

l<strong>in</strong>k.<br />

Floppy<br />

Difference<br />

2<br />

However, the air gap between the<br />

<strong>Aircraft</strong> passengers and the avionics<br />

systems rema<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong> tact.<br />

Airl<strong>in</strong>e Ground<br />

Airl<strong>in</strong>e Ground<br />

Systems &<br />

Systems & Internet<br />

Internet<br />

Airl<strong>in</strong>e Ground<br />

Systems<br />

Internet<br />

Figure 3. Alternative Notional <strong>Aircraft</strong> Architecture<br />

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