Infrastructure for hosting services in an aircraft, and related access method

1. An infrastructure for hosting services onboard an aircraft including:

a plurality of onboard platforms, the onboard platforms including at least one first onboard platform corresponding to a functional domain for aircraft control services, at least one second onboard platform corresponding to a functional domain for operator services, and at least one third onboard platform corresponding to a functional domain for passenger services, each platform including a memory and a processor configured to control the platform via instructions from the memory to host at least one service configured to be implemented in the aircraft in the functional domain;

at least one onboard communicator configured to communicate with a ground structure, the at least one onboard communicator connected to each onboard platform;

at least one first security module, connected to the at least one onboard communicator, to the at least one first onboard platform corresponding to a functional domain for aircraft control services, and to the at least one second onboard platform corresponding to a functional domain for operator services, without being connected to the at least one third onboard platform corresponding to a functional domain for passenger services;

at least one second security module, connected to the at least one onboard communicator, to the at least one second onboard platform corresponding to a functional domain for operator services, and to the at least one third onboard platform corresponding to a functional domain for passenger services, without being directly connected to the at least one first onboard platform corresponding to a functional domain for aircraft control services; and

at least one centralized access portal including a memory and a processor configured to control the portal via instructions from the memory to allow a user centralized access to services hosted by all of the onboard platforms corresponding to the different functional domains of the aircraft.

2. The infrastructure as recited in claim 1 wherein the at least one centralized access portal is an onboard portal hosted in an onboard platform or the at least one centralized access portal is a ground portal hosted in a ground structure.

3. The infrastructure as recited in claim 1 wherein each security module is configured to manage the security of the data passing between the onboard communicator and each platform connected to the security module and data passing between the platforms connected to the security module.

4. The infrastructure as recited in claim 1 wherein the at least one onboard communicator includes at least one first onboard communicator with a higher security and/or safety level, and at least one second onboard communicator with a lower security and/or safety level, the at least one security module being connected to the first onboard communicator and to at least one of the onboard platforms, and a second security module being connected to the second onboard communicator and to at least one of the onboard platforms.

5. The infrastructure as recited in claim 1 wherein each onboard platform includes resources configured to host the at least one service of the functional domain, at least one of the onboard platforms being configured to host the at least one centralized access portal for access to each service of each platform.

6. The infrastructure as recited in claim 5 wherein the resources host a first operating system, and at least one first software application for a first of the services, the at least one first software application configured to be executed using the first operating system, the resources comprising at least one intermediate software layer hosting at least one second software application for a second of the services, the at least one second software application being native to a second operating system different from the first operating system, the resources being configured to execute the second software application by using the intermediate software layer.

7. The infrastructure as recited in claim 6 wherein the at least one intermediate software layer is of the virtualization type.

8. The infrastructure as recited in claim 5 wherein each onboard platform includes at least one functional system and/or a peripheral distinct from the resources, the centralized access portal being configured to access software applications hosted by the functional system and/or the peripheral.

9. The infrastructure as recited in claim 5 wherein the centralized access portal is configured to ensure an interconnection and/or synchronization of the onboard services with corresponding services in a ground structure.

10. The infrastructure as recited in claim 5 wherein the centralized access portal is configured to ensure a wireless interface interconnection and/or synchronization with an onboard personal electronic device.

11. The infrastructure as recited in claim 5 wherein the resources include at least one among a processor, a memory and/or data stores, a graphics module, a data server, an input-output interface with at least one functional system and/or one peripheral of the functional domain, a network switcher, and an interface with a personal electronic device.

12. The infrastructure as recited in claim 11 wherein the resources include the processor, the processor having an intermediate software layer.

13. The infrastructure as recited in claim 11 wherein the resources include the network switcher, the network switcher is connected to a security module.

14. The infrastructure as recited in claim 5 wherein the resources are at least partially duplicated as a function of the quantity of data to be hosted and/or to guarantee redundancy of the resources so as to ensure the availability of resources, even in case of breakdown.

15. The infrastructure as recited in claim 1 wherein the at least one centralized access portal includes at least one access management application configured to direct a user to the services associated with a given domain, based on a predefined user type.

16. The infrastructure as recited in claim 1 wherein the at least one centralized access portal is configured to interconnect and/or synchronize the hosted services in the onboard platform of a domain with corresponding ground services.

17. A method for accessing services including:

providing the infrastructure as recited in claim 1 ;

using the centralized access portal to access at least one first of the services hosted by a first of the onboard platforms corresponding to a first of the functional domains of the aircraft;

using the same centralized portal to access at least one second of the services hosted by a second of the onboard platforms corresponding to a second of the functional domains of the aircraft.

18. The infrastructure as recited in claim 1 wherein the at least one first security module is with a higher security and/or safety level and the at least one second security module is with a second lower security and/or safety level.