High-Speed Digital Content Loading System

Rockwell Collins Engineering, 2000-01

Liaison(s): Jay Cardon
Advisor(s): Carl Baumgaertner
Students(s): Michael Aung (TL), John Benediktsson, Clement Mounier, William Durley

Next generation in-flight entertainment systems will provide commercial airline passengers with access to music, movies, and games on-demand for upwards of 400 independent users. Rockwell Collins requires a portable high-speed loading system to update the digital content at speeds up to 400 mbps, allowing complete program reloading in a half-hour aircraft gate time. To deter piracy, the loading system incorporates content encryption and decryption methods that meet MPAA and RIAA industry standards.