D FHR

Bachelor or Master

 Internship

Description

The Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques (FHR) offers several positions for undergraduate and master students for a research mobility at its facilities. Several topics on Physics and Telecommunications are proposed. Click on each project title to find more details about each offer. 

Context:

 The Fraunhofer Institute for High-Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques (FHR) is one of the leading European institutes and conducts extensive research in the field of high-frequency physics and radar technology. The focus of the research work is on sensors for more precise determination of distance or position as well as imaging systems. The spectrum of applications of these devices ranges from systems for reconnaissance, surveillance and protection to real-time sensors for traffic and navigation as well as for quality assurance and non-destructive testing.

Depending on the project.

1.100€ per month

 Wachtberg, Germany

 June 2024

 D DLR_1

Master

 Master’s Thesis / Internship

Context

The Satellite Networks department plays since many years a leading role in Europe in the conception and investigation of novel system concepts, transmission techniques, protocols and applications for Satellite Communications.

The main application-areas are satellite IP-based transmission based on DVB standards, satellite communications for emergency and disaster scenarios, satellite communications for aeronautical applications (including both (“Air-Traffic Management” and “Air Passenger Communications”) and interactive Satellite TV provision to mobile handheld terminals.

Last but not least, the Satellite Networks department leads since 2004 the European Satellite Communications Network of Excellence, SatNEx.

Project

Source and channel coding techniques.

Description

In the dynamic landscape of modern computing, file synchronization across multiple devices has become an indispensable tool. While cloud-based solutions like Dropbox and Google Drive provide user-friendly file synchronization, they often encounter constraints in terms of efficiency and scalability. For local and enterprise networks, the rsync protocol, a cornerstone of the Linux toolkit, serves as the benchmark for remote file synchronization. This Master's thesis delves into the exploration and implementation of an alternative to rsync, utilizing a powerful class of source and channel coding techniques known as set reconciliation algorithms.
Harnessing the capabilities of existing frameworks, the student will implement and optimize an algorithm recently developed at DLR, designed to minimize the communication overhead associated with file synchronization. This innovative approach has the potential to revolutionize file synchronization, enhancing its efficiency, particularly under conditions of limited network connectivity. Through rigorous testing and performance comparisons with rsync, the proposed alternative will be thoroughly evaluated to assess its advantages and potential limitations.

• Good C++ and Python programming skills

• Basic knowledge of source and channel coding

• Good analytical skills

• Good knowledge of English (B2 or above)

up to ca. 1.000 € per month

 Linder Höhe, DE-51147 Köln

 Desembre 2023

 D DLR_2

Master

 Master’s Thesis / Internship

Context

The Satellite Networks department plays since many years a leading role in Europe in the conception and investigation of novel system concepts, transmission techniques, protocols and applications for Satellite Communications.

The main application-areas are satellite IP-based transmission based on DVB standards, satellite communications for emergency and disaster scenarios, satellite communications for aeronautical applications (including both (“Air-Traffic Management” and “Air Passenger Communications”) and interactive Satellite TV provision to mobile handheld terminals.

Last but not least, the Satellite Networks department leads since 2004 the European Satellite Communications Network of Excellence, SatNEx.

Project

Channel coding and algebraic coding techniques.

Description

In this thesis, set reconciliation based on BCH codes is investigated. In particular, potential speed-ups of known decoding algorithms for BCH codes are considered. The improved methods are implemented in SageMath/Python and their performance is evaluated via simulations.

• Good SageMath/Python programming skills

• Basic knowledge of channel coding

• Good analytical skills

• Good knowledge of English (B2 or above)

up to ca. 1.000 € per month

Obepfaffenhofen, near Munich (Germany)

 Desembre 2023

 D DLR_3

Master

 Master’s Thesis

Context

The Satellite Networks department plays since many years a leading role in Europe in the conception and investigation of novel system concepts, transmission techniques, protocols and applications for Satellite Communications.

The main application-areas are satellite IP-based transmission based on DVB standards, satellite communications for emergency and disaster scenarios, satellite communications for aeronautical applications (including both (“Air-Traffic Management” and “Air Passenger Communications”) and interactive Satellite TV provision to mobile handheld terminals.

Last but not least, the Satellite Networks department leads since 2004 the European Satellite Communications Network of Excellence, SatNEx.

Project

Telecommunication Engineer/Computer Science

 Description

The main purpose of the thesis is to investigate and analyze the receiver detection activity through supervised machine learning techniques. In particular, it will study how detection can be approached as a ML-classification problem and which improvements its bring respect to traditional methods.

Matlab or Keras-Python, experience with machine learning is preferred

Up to ca. 1.000 € per month

 Oberpfaffenhofen - Germany

 D LUMILEDS_4

Bachelor and Master

 Internship

Internship job offer for bachelor and master students in the field of photonics, electronics, electrical and telecommunication engineering.

Lumileds R&D is searching for graduate and undergraduate students willing to contribute to the solid state lighting industry. The student/s will work in a high tech industry facility together with a professional research team of electrical engineers and physicists. The specific research project they are asked to participate in relates to fundamental studies on optical properties of photoluminescence materials for high brightness LEDs.

The proposed area of investigation deals with numerical methods and computational techniques to model the processes of photo-conversion and light scattering in power LED (Light-Emitting Diodes) emitters. An optics model of thin film micro-structures ought to be developed, tested, and experimentally validated. The student will have the opportunity to closely work with a team working on advanced multiphysics LED models to guide us in the understanding of a number of exciting fundamental physical mechanisms.

Responsibilities:
- Support research team on the theoretical analysis of photoluminescence materials
- Develop and test photoluminescence InGaN based LED models
- Model calibration
- Data processing

English, computational engineering, photonics, device physics modeling

Aachen, Germany

Setembre 2024

 AU IFAT

Bachelor or Master

 Internship

Global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT

 Villach (Austria)

 Setembre 2024

 Dk Nokia_1

Master

Internship

Context

The Nokia Aalborg department is part of the Nokia Standards organization, which supports development of 3GPP Radio Access specifications.

Project

Telecommunications Engineering, Advanced Telecommunication Technologies

Description

Non-terrestrial networks may be deployed using low-earth orbit (LEO) and geostationary (GEO) satellites, and at any altitudes in between. The low altitude of LEO satellites results in shorter propagation delays and lower propagation loss, but also result in many mobility events due to the satellite movement, as compared to GEO. There may be energy saving opportunities on both network and terminal side in combining the use of e.g. LEO and GEO satellites that is a multi-orbit solution.

The project has the following objectives:

- Determine delay, link budget and mobility performance for at least two different orbits.

- Determine the average network and terminal energy consumption for the two orbits.

- Develop methods to save energy in network and/or terminals by utilization of the two orbits.

 1 - 2

Matlab (Nokia has a toolbox for NTN simulations), NTN, terminal (Idle/Connected) mobility procedures, energy consumption modeling

Aalborg, Denmark. Students will be in the Nokia office

 Desembre 2023

 Dk Nokia_2

Master

Internship

Context

The Nokia Aalborg department is part of the Nokia Standards organization, which supports development of 3GPP Radio Access specifications.

Project

Telecommunications Engineering, Advanced Telecommunication Technologies

Description

There is a strong interest in providing non-terrestrial network (NTN) service using terrestrial network (TN) spectrum (i.e. carrier frequencies).

 1 - 2

Matlab (Nokia has a toolbox for NTN simulations), understanding of NB-IoT/eMTC radio access, optionally knowledge about NTN and device power consumption

Aalborg, Denmark. Students will be in the Nokia office.

Desembre 2023

 Internship_2025

Master

Internship

Context

Project description

 After in-house training and familiarization with the existing platform, you'll work on the project as part of a team with: another intern, your tutor, and a company employee.
In particular, you'll be working on the following topics (list adaptable as the internship progresses):
- Integration of the RiscV processor into a subsystem;
- Digital design and participation in the implementation of an I²C / PMBus RTL block;
- Porting existing embedded software to RiscV target;
- Verification of subsystem operation with SystemVerilog and UVM.
Depending on the progress of the internship, you may be asked to participate in:
- Breaking down an example SoC into power domains;
- Integrating the power management subsystem into the example SoC;
- Verification of UPF power management functionalities.

Goals

The goal of the internship is to participate in the evolution of a demonstration platform (RISC-V compatible System-On-Chip) into a SoC power management subsystem thanks to:

- the development of a power domain management demonstrator based on a RiscV processor;
- the completion and validation of the functionalities of an I²C / PMBus interface
- the implementation of low-power UPF simulation flows.
In the long term, these developments should enable to demonstrate the following aspects:
- RiscV processor energy management functionalities
- Hardware/software co-verification in a low-power environment.

1

Master student

1.000 €

Moirans (Grenoble area), France

 Setembre 2024