Usability of a cloud-based collaborative learning framework to improve learners’ experience

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) is concerned with how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) might facilitate learning in groups which can be co-located or distributed over a network of computers such as Internet. CSCL supports effective learning by means of communication of ideas and information among learners, collaborative access of essential documents, and feedback from instructors and peers on learning activities. As the cloud technologies are increasingly becoming popular and collaborative learning is evolving, new directions for development of collaborative learning tools deployed on cloud are proposed. Development of such learning tools requires access to substantial data stored in the cloud. Ensuring efficient access to such data is hindered by the high latencies of wide-area networks underlying the cloud infrastructures. To improve learners’ experience by accelerating data access, important files can be replicated so a group of learners can access data from nearby locations. Since a cloud environment is highly dynamic, resource availability, network latency, and learner requests may change. In this paper, we present the advantages of collaborative learning and focus on the importance of data replication in the design of such a dynamic cloud-based system that a collaborative learning portal uses. To this end, we introduce a highly distributed replication technique that determines optimal data locations to improve access performance by minimizing replication overhead (access and update). The problem is formulated using dynamic programming. Experimental results demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed collaborative learning system used by institutions in geographically distributed locations.     

全球宽带接入市场发展分析分析

通过对目前宽带线路数最多的10个国家和地区、2003年上半年新增线路最多的10个国家、全球宽带业务普及率最高的10个国家和地区、部分运营商住宅DSL业务的第一年费用以及2000～2002年全球入门级住宅DSL业务价格的发展趋势等图表的分析,阐明了全球宽带接入市场的发展状况,指出了其市场规模继续扩大、经济发达国家宽带线路增长速度较快、普及率的差距逐渐缩小以及业务价格趋于稳定等特点.     

Scheduling Algorithms for Packet-Oriented MAC Protocols in Wireless Multimedia Systems

Future generation wireless multimediacommunications will require efficient Medium AccessControl (MAC) protocols able to guarantee suitable Qualityof Service (QoS) levels for different traffic classes whileachieving a high utilization of radio resources. This paperproposes a new scheduling technique to be adopted at the MAClevel in wireless access systems, named Dynamic Scheduling-Time DivisionDuplexing (DS-TDD), that efficiently managesvideo, voice, Web and background traffics. A theoretical approachis proposed in this paper to evaluate the DS-TDD performance withvoice and Web traffics. Simulation results have permitted tohighlight the following promising characteristics of the DS-TDDscheme: (i) a high capacity of real-time traffics isattained with a QoS insensitive to Web and background trafficloads; (ii) a high throughput can be guaranteed whilepreserving the QoS levels of the different traffic classes;(iii) heavier downlink traffic loads do not modify the QoSof uplink traffics. Finally, extensive comparisons with differentscheduling schemes proposed in the literature have permitted tohighlight the better performanceof DS-TDD.     

数字电视的条件接收系统

数字电视的兴起使人们能够欣赏到高质量的电视节目,伴随数字电视的成熟,条件接收系统(CAS)得到很好的发展。主要介绍数字电视条件接收系统相关技术的发展、基本功能、安全机制、工作原理及其安全性要求。     

创建互联网业务价值链

为促进互联网的良性发展,要使设备制造商、电信运营商、虚拟运营商/集团用户、内容提供商和最终用户构成一条互联网业务价值链,价值链的创建对互联网接入设备提出了更高的要求,华为公司的Quid-wayTMA8010Expert多业务综合接入平台可构建宽带城域网分组语音解决方案、可平滑演进为下一代网络中的媒体网关、提供窄带价值链、提供唯一号码业务以及实现多业务综合接入。     

一种实现最佳用户检测的非线性优化神经网络

本文提出并讨论了实现码分多址（CDMA）系统上最佳多用户检测（MUD）的一种神经网络方法。该方法通过将最佳多用户检测视为非线性优化组合问题，利用神经网络能有效求解非线性优化问题的优势，导出了一种非线性优化神经网络来实现最佳多用户检测，理论分析和计算机模拟表明，所提出的神经网络具有可实时应用的动态性能和较传统方法优越得多的误码率性能和抗多址干扰的性能。     

UHF频段卫星移动通信系统若干问题的探讨

本文根据我国陆海空移动用户的需求与特点，借鉴国外经验，提出了建设ＵＨＦ频段卫星移动通信系统的建议；对照已建成的Ｃ波段卫星固定通信系统，分析了其优缺点；最后深入探讨了应用中的若干技术问题。     

欧洲无线DSL的发展现状及市场前景

对欧洲的立法者来说，目前最为关注的课题之一便是如何解决数字鸿沟这一困扰欧洲大陆信息与通信技术整体发展水平的矛盾。向人们提供高速因特网接入服务是消除数字鸿沟的有效手段，而无线数字用户线技术以及其成低、通信质量好、覆盖范围大及灵活性等优势成为宽带接入技术中的佼佼者，并获得很多欧洲国家电信运营商的青睐。