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ROBUS-2 Fault-Tolerant Broadcast Communication System for Modular Avionics

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Overview

ROBUS-2 is a time-division, multiple-access broadcast communication system that uses a time-indexed communication schedule for medium-access control. The technology provides guaranteed fault-tolerant services that include: message broadcast (Byzantine Agreement), dynamic communication schedule update, time reference (clock synchronization), and distributed diagnosis (group membership).