Kre Synnes Lule University of Technology Centre for Distancespanning Technology unicorncdt.luth.se

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Kåre SynnesLuleå University of TechnologyCentre
for Distance-spanning Technologyunicorn_at_cdt.luth.
se
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Project Overview

• Budget
• Started in late October 2000
• 252 kkr in spent during 2000
• 3.2 mkr in staffing costs budgeted for 2001, of
  which 1.4 mkr is funded by SITI
• LTU/SM has budgeted 1.3 man years during 2001

• Staffing at LTU
• Kåre Synnes, 50
• James Nord, 50
• Peter Parnes, 10
• Fredrik Johansson, 20
• Collaboration
• Project Partners
• eStreet project (MRC/CDT)
• CDH
• CDL

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Project Partners

• LTU/Systemteknik, Luleå
• Telia Research, Farsta
• Telia Mobile, Luleå
• Telia Research, Luleå
• Teracom, Luleå
• LTU/Samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Luleå
• Ericsson Radio, Kista
• Ericsson Erisoft, Luleå

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Milestones

• 2000-11-21 Mock-up demo (for the eStreet december
  demos) D1 Done.
• 2001-02-14 Draft prototype demo (for the EC
  conference in Luleå) Critical!
• 2001-03-31 Research paper D2
• "Survey on Location Aware
  Mobile Networked Handheld Devices"
• 2001-04-30 Final prototype demo D3
  Virtual Queuing tool (E-Street)
• 2001-05-31 Final prototype demo D4
  Virtual Bus Timetable and Locator (E-street)
• 2001-06-01 Research paper D6
  "Location Aware Software (InfoCom deadline mid
  may)
• 2001-06-30 Final prototype demo D5
  Electronic tourist guide (E-street)
• Plus four SITI progress reports (quarterly).
• Note! No events planned for second half 2001 yet.

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Status

• Kåre SynnesWorking on project plan, agreement
  and budget issuesTeaching until 2001-02-28
• James NordAlmost done with GPS parser
• Fredrik JohanssonAlmost done with simple WaveLan
  positioning(MAC -gt basestation id -gt GPS
  position)
• Student ProjektStarted with advanced WaveLan
  positioning(Triangulation by connecting to
  several basestations)
• eStreet december mockup demonstration
• SITI poster and handouts

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Research IssuesDesign of Location Aware Software

• There is a need for a general location
  architecture
• What are the additional constraints a location
  aware application have on the system and what
  additional constraints does the system imply on
  the application?
• How should the location software notify the
  applications and how should applications
  retrieve location information?
• What are the parameters needed for a globally
  functioning positioning service?

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The End

• Thats all folks!
• Questions or Comments?

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The End

• Thank you for your attention!
• http//www.cdt.luth.se/projects/alipes/
• alipes_at_cdt.luth.se
• Kåre Synnes unicorn_at_cdt.luth.se

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Staffing until June 2001

• Dr Peter Parnes Research Manager
• 10 Supervising and Project Lead
• Kåre Synnes Research Engineer
• 50 Implementation and Research
• James Nord Research Engineer
• 50 Implementation and Research
• Fredrik Johansson - Research Engineer
• 10 Implementation and Research (GPS/RS-232)
• Student Project - Spring 2001
• Approx 8-12 persons for 2 months
• Master Thesis Project - Summer 2001
• Approx 2 persons for 4 months