Real-time Airborne Data Visualization under QNX: Performance Evaluation of a Geophysical Application in Antarctica
Abstract
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1. The Application
1.2. Review of Real-Time Geophysical Applications
1.3. Related Computer Science Research
1.4. An Overview of this Thesis
Chapter 2: The Acquisition System
2.1. Acquisition Instrumentation
2.2. Acquisition Computer
2.3. Acquisition Process
2.4. QNX, The Operating System
Chapter 3: A Real-Time Visualization System
3.1. The System
3.2. The RTQC Display
Chapter 4 A New Real-Time Packet Routing Scheme
4.1. Improving the Original System
4.2. Designing an Efficient System
4.3. The Three Basic Routing Processes
4.4. Using Multiple Threads and Message Queues For Asynchronous Communication
4.5. Packet Drivers
4.6. The Display, Final Resting Place of a Packet
Chapter 5 Performance Evaluation
5.1. Setup Details
5.2. Results from Performance Tests
Chapter 6: Discussion
6.1. Design Choices Revisited
6.2. Outlook for the New Packet Routing System
6.3. Conclusions
Appendix B
Bibliography
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