Overview

• Target: 3 MQPs
• MQP 1: Wireless LAN characterization
• MQP 2: Design and develop a location-aware application
• MQP 3: Streaming MPEG to mobile devices

MQP 1: WPI Wireless LAN Characterization

• Measurement study to determine:
  • User movement patterns
  • Hotspots: where and when do people go?
  • Roaming: associations-disassociations from Access Points
  • Applications: What applications are they running?
  • Persistence: how often do people return to given locations
  • Network analysis: packet sizes and interarrivals

MQP 2: Design and Develop Location-Aware Application

• Location-aware application
• Previous MQP developed tool to find user location on 802.11 WLAN [ click here ]
• This MQP: use this tool to develop location-aware application
• Examples:
  • Identify and print to closest printer
  • Display WPI tour information to user based on his/her location while walking
  • Enhance messenger application to find location of your friends
  • Security: visually track people who borrow ATC laptops

MQP 3: Mobile MPEG Animation

• MPEG can now encode animations
• Can use/write tools to encode MPEG application
• Examples: vary resolution, color, etc.
• Stream to mobile users (laptops, PDA) based on their capabilities
• Status: 1 student has already signed up

Contact Information

• Email to: emmanuel@cs.wpi.edu

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