Application Layer Specification & Modeling for a Modular Wireless Sensor Network (MWSN) in Avionics domain

The paper provides specification and modeling of the application protocol for a Modular Wireless Sensor Network (MWSN) in aircraft. We propose a generic protocol able to identify the data produced by the devices belonging to the distributed embedded systems in a modern aircraft and fit them into application packets. The protocol acquires the application requirements to guarantee and verifies that they are maintained when data are transmitted over a wireless communication network, as the one envisioned by Wireless Avionics Intra-Communications (WAIC) initiative.