PC Based Multimedia Communications Using Fiber Optic Networks

9452068 Qazi纽约州立大学研究基金会代表纽约州立大学尤蒂卡/罗马理工学院向美国国家科学基金会申请51,496美元，用于开发一种具有成本效益的实时多媒体通信设备。我们建议通过光网络将研究所的图像处理和光纤通信实验室连接起来，以改善本科生的教学。纽约州立大学理工学院为该项目提供了25,748美元的配套资金。建议的项目旨在满足选修五门电气工程技术（ETC）课程的本科生的需求，这些课程将通过该项目得到加强。电气工程技术、计算机技术、光子学和电信专业的本科生也将受益于改进后的课程。增强的实验室环境将允许学生获得使用实时系统传输语音、视频和数据的实践经验；研究该设施的设计；并评估它的优点。学生还将学习如何使用光纤局域网在个人计算机上捕获、存储、播放和处理多媒体数据。学生将获得光纤、图像处理、数据压缩和网络等领域的知识，随着多媒体技术的出现和快速发展，这些领域对今天的商业和工业都变得至关重要。实时实验室实验与软件和硬件将被用来实现一个刺激的动手教育。项目期限为30个月。

9452068 Qazi The Research Foundation of the State University of New York, for and on behalf of the SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome, requests $51,496 from the National Science Foundation to develop a cost effective, real-time multimedia communication facility. We propose to link the Institute's image processing and fiber optic communication laboratories by an optical network to improve undergraduate instruction. The SUNY Institute of Technology has committed $25,748 in matching funds for this project. The proposed project is intended to serve the needs of undergraduates enrolled in the five electrical engineering technology (ETC) courses that will be enhanced through this project. Undergraduate students majoring in electrical engineering technology, computer technology, photonics, and telecommunications will also benefit from the improved curricula. The enhanced laboratory environment will permit students to acquire hands-on experience using a real-time system for the transmission of voice, video, and data; to study the design of this facility; and to evaluate its merits. Students will also learn how to capture, store, playback, and process multimedia data on a personal computer using a fiber optic local area network. Students will gain knowledge in the areas of fiber optics, image processing, data compression, and networking, all of which have become vitally important to business and industry today with the emergence and rapid growth of multimedia technology. Real-time lab experiments with software and hardware will be used to achieve a stimulating hands-on education. The duration of the project will be 30 months.