Development of a Satellite Multimedia Demonstrator

DIPLOMA WORK / MASTER WORK / WORKING STUDENT

Work Description:

The candidate shall develop graphical user interfaces for a multimedia service via satellite. The framework is a satellite broadcasting experiment involving enhances coding techniques. An existing infrastructure including a satellite gateway and satellite terminals (MS Windows-based) is available, which shall be complemented, on the terminal sides, by user interfaces able to display statistics on the Quality of Service (QoS) as well the delivered multimedia content.

Tasks:

To develop user interfaces on the terminal side;
To develop simple statistical tools for the QoS evaluation.

Qualification:

The candidate shall be enrolled in a MS degree program, and shall have good knowledge of C/Java programming. Skills on the design of GUI are welcome.

Duration:

4 to 6 months

Start:

December 2011 - May 2012

Contact

Giuliano Garrammone
German Aerospace Center
Institute of Communications and Navigation, Satellite Networks
Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling
Tel.: +49 8153 28-3211
Fax: +49 8153 28-2844