Engineering Project Summary (10)

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Our recent effort
addressed how to maintain or even lower the operational
costs of service providers.
The configuration of NG-SDHs LCAS is more
complex than that of the conventionally adopted SDH
owing to the higher number of parameters to be configured.
However, the conventionally adopted
configuration method often incurs parameter-related errors
easily. For instance, when 63-provisional VC-12 is
configured, the error rate exceeds 30%. Importantly, a
high error rate increases inefficiency in LCAS research,
subsequently raising operational costs of service providers.
(cont)
Therefore, we developed a novel
configuration interface that has more LCAS related
constraints than conventional ones do.
A Web-based interface was developed. Behavior
of the controls was then modified with Java Script to
elucidate the characteristics of LCAS. Next, only the
correct parameters were submitted.
According to our results, the proposed method can
ensure the accuracy of submitted parameters.
In addition to minimizing the
error rate of configuring a LCAS system, the proposed
method can reduce the operational costs of service
providers.

Our working group has
become increasingly intrigued with how to further expand
commercial home network applications
Rapid evolution of the Internet has
made home network applications increasingly attractive. In
particular, home care is essential in a home network.
However, conventional home care research
focuses mainly on status management and health
monitoring for the elderly and children. For instance, home
appliances have not been considered in home care
research, explaining the frequent incidence of appliance-
related accidents. The inability to thoroughly understand
how family members are related to home appliances
makes it impossible to further expand commercial
applications,
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Therefore, we developed a novel
mechanism for operating home appliances that effectively
address how family members and appliances are related.
The proposed mechanism can integrate radio frequency
identification (RFID) technology and activity monitoring
technology. The distance
measurement function of RFID was created. Daily living
activities were then estimated. Next, a three-level
responding model was constructed.
Our results indicated that the proposed mechanism can
reduce the likelihood of accidents caused by improper
operations by 50%
Importantly, the proposed mechanism can significantly
contribute to research efforts in expanding a home network.
Further details can be found at
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