Open Voice Communication System for Space Mission Control
Enable Collaboration
Openvocs is a simple, open and flexible architecture for Space Mission Control Room Voice Conferencing Systems. It contains a custom systems library build around an independent WebRTC gateway implementation in combination with a Microservices based Media Conferencing backend. Both components are integrated using a command and control server infrastructure based on JSON event messaging technologies.
As client interface openvocs will provide a webbased implementation based on a Secure Websockets Signaling channel in combination with a WebRTC based media channel. The client makes use of, and showcases, the openvocs API.
Openvocs SHALL enable system designs with component-based implementations and interoperability between different vendors for different parts of the system.
Focus of openvocs development is to enable collaboration independent of location and device access.
DOMAIN SPECIFIC
Core idea of openvocs is to implement all Domain Specific Requirements for Mission Control Room Conferencing. We want to enable usage and combination of standard "Out of the Shelf" telecommunication as well as IT components, to build flexible, maintainable and customizable Communication System for Mission Control Room Conferencing.
CORE TECHNOLOGY
Openvocs SHALL enable collaboration independent of location and device access. We want to enable any device with HCI including voice transmission to become a potential device for Mission Control Room Conferencing. The most promising technology for such an approach is the use of standard webtechnologies, in particular
WebRTC.
BACKGROUND
This webpage is the central information point about any topics related to the openvocs project. It is maintained by the openvocs core team, in particular the initiator and main developmer of the project, Markus Toepfer.
Nonetheless, blog content displays the openvocs team private opinion and may not to be interpreted as the official opinion of the DLR.
DLR - German Space Operations Center (GSOC)
"DLR Space Operations is the central institution for spaceflight operations in Germany with facilities in Cologne, Oberpfaffenhofen and Weilheim. This responsibility includes satellite missions for Earth observation, science and communication missions as well as for the exploration of the solar system and human spaceflight missions. "
DLR - Space Operations and Astronaut Training
DLR - Simulation and Software Technology
"The Intelligent and Distributed Systems department does research in applied software technologies for distributed and decentralized software systems, intelligent and knowledge-based software systems, and software engneering and software analytics. Across all research domains, the departments works on reproducibility, provenance, graph visualization, and information visualization."
DLR - Intelligent and Distributed Systems
We are open for external partnerships. If you are interessted in working with, or on topics for Space Mission Control Room Conferencing Systems, you are very welcome to write a message to contact@openvocs.org.
Here we will inform about important event dates e.g. releases, conference participations and other event dates of interest.
CONFERENCES
Where to meet us?
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September 28th–30th, 2018
All systems GO! (Berlin)
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October 01th–05th, 2018
International Astronaut congress (Bremen)