SERIAL NETWORKING FIBRE-TO-SEAT IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC H04L12/28 

FIELD: physics, computer engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to an in-flight entertainment system. The in-flight entertainment system includes a plurality of head-end line replaceable units physically interconnected in a ring configuration and a plurality of serially-connected networking line replaceable units physically interconnected in a serial configuration, wherein two of the serially-connected networking line replaceable units at the edge of the serial configuration are physically interconnected with two of the head-end line replaceable units, respectively, wherein a loop-free head-end data path is maintained between active head-end line replaceable units by regulating link participation in the data path, and wherein one or more loop-free serially-connected data paths are maintained between at least one of the two head-end line replaceable units and active serially-connected networking line replaceable units.

EFFECT: high efficiency of communications of components of an in-flight entertainment system.

10 cl, 13 dwg