ITSU1001 Project Proposal: Real-Time Computer System for Aircraft

This project proposal outlines the development of a real-time computer system for use in passenger aircraft, fulfilling the requirements for the ITSU1001 Introduction to Computer Systems assignment. The system emphasizes high reliability, real-time operation, system backups, and robust emergency plans. It includes subsystems for controlling mechanical systems, aerodynamics, autopilot functionality, and communication capabilities, alongside an entertainment system for passengers. The proposal details the necessity of mainframe computers for their reliability and processing power, highlighting their ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and ensure continuous operation. Ultimately, the aim is to enhance the safety, communication, and overall experience for both the flight crew and passengers, acknowledging the substantial investment required for such an advanced system. Desklib provides students access to similar project proposals and study tools.

Project proposal template | ITSU1001
TITLE: A real time computer system for a passenger plane
Group members:
Requirements of the organization:
The passenger plane must use mainframe computers, as the mainframe computers are highly
reliable. The mainframe computers are fast as the computer consists of large number of CPU,
which powers the more processing power. These types of computers uses high memory, so that
the entire system can be backup if any system crash is happen. Some safety measurements needs
to be addressed on the computers that in case of any emergency, the passengers can
communicate over the air with the nearest airport or they can send some emergency message by
on click action using the computer. Robustness of the computer depends on the reliability,
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serviceability and on the availability measurement (Giselsson 2013). An investment is not an
issue in the implementation of the real time computer system in the passenger plane. More the
money spends more high will be the hardware and software features quality. the mainframe
computers has the ability of time sharing that is in real time many people can use the machines
simultaneously with high efficiency. The performances of the mainframe computers is high
because this computer share the workload with the different processors and some devices, it also
increases the processing ability of the computer that can be helpful for the computer system in
the passenger plane.
Type of the computer system proposed:
The type of the computer system that is going to apply in the passenger plane must have
some certain capabilities. The computer system must consist of a real time system, which can
control the aircraft by itself. To control the flight by the computer system, an aircraft control
system is going to be applied in the computer system. The computer system must consist of some
subsystems that can control the mechanical system as well as the aerodynamics. An autopilot is a
flight control system that allows the airplane to fly without the pilot (Kastner and Looye 2013).
The pilot needs to set the mode they want in the autopilot either heading hold mode or altitude
hold mode. The computer system must consists of a communication system by which the pilots
can communicate with the co plot and the craft crew as well as the pilots can communicate with
the air station via radio frequency. The computer system for the passenger also needs a

communication system so that they can anytime communicate with the aircraft crew if the
passenger needs any kind of help. The communication system can help in the emergency any
people can send emergency message to the nearest aerostation possible so in the emergency to
get any kind of help where time matters most (Khan, Tahir and Khan 2015). An entertainment
system for the passenger is also needs to be implemented in the computer system as the
passenger can get entertainment on their journey (Wolf, Minzlaff and Moser 2014). These all
features enhance the aircraft and the main thing is the computer system by which these systems
can be controlled and served for the passengers. Implementing this kind of aircraft needed huge
investment so the updated system can be use to make the computer system on the passenger
airplane.

References:
Giselsson, P., 2013, June. Output feedback distributed model predictive control with inherent
robustness properties. In American Control Conference (ACC), 2013 (pp. 1691-1696). IEEE.
Kastner, N. and Looye, G., 2013. Generic tecs based autopilot for an electric high altitude solar
powered aircraft. CEAS EuroGNC. Delft, The Netherlands: CEAS, pp.10-12.
Khan, F., Jan, S.R., Tahir, M. and Khan, S., 2015, October. Applications, limitations, and
improvements in visible light communication systems. In Connected Vehicles and Expo
(ICCVE), 2015 International Conference on (pp. 259-262). IEEE.
Wolf, M., Minzlaff, M. and Moser, M., 2014. Information technology security threats to modern
e-enabled aircraft: A cautionary note. Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, 11(7), pp.447-
457.