GENERIC RADAR ARCHITECTURE

The invention relates to general architectures of complex electronic and/or information systems for which exchanges are embodied in the form of irregular data fluxes generated by time-varying processing functions. The aim of said invention is to develop an architecture adapted to electronic systems provided with a plurality of processing nodes, wherein each node carries out a function or a part thereof used by the system. Said architecture is built on a single synchronisation link, which supplies a common synchronisation message containing synchronisation data elements and a simplified heading to all modules, and on a plurality of data exchange asynchronous links each of which makes it possible to exchange data between two individual processing nodes, wherein the exchanged messages comprise the processable data elements accompanied by a generic heading. The generic heading of asynchronous links contains the totality of information items related to the system-operating step to which the exchanged data elements correspond. The synchronous link simplified heading makes it possible to determine a stream of data to which the associated synchronisation information items are applicable. Each processing node comprises means for interfacing with synchronous and asynchronous links. Said invention is particularly suitable to the structure of electromagnetic or acoustical sensors such as radars and sonars. ® KIPO & WIPO 2008