An efficient hybrid multicast transport protocol for collaborative virtual environment with networked haptic

In recent years, we have witnessed a growing interest in the synchronous collaboration based class of applications. Several techniques for collaborative virtual environments (CVE), haptic, audio and visual environments (C-HAVE) have been designed. However, several challenging issues remain to be resolved before CVE and C-HAVE become a common place. In this paper, we focus on applications that are based on closely coupled and highly synchronized haptic tasks that require a high-level of coordination among the participants. Four main protocols have been designed to resolve the synchronization issues in such environments: the synchronous collaboration transport protocol, the selective reliable transmission protocol, the reliable multicast transport protocol and the scalable reliable multicast. While these four protocols have shown good performance for CVE and C-HAVE class of applications, none of these protocols has been able to meet all of the basic CVE requirements, i.e., scalability, reliability, synchronization, and minimum delay. In this paper, we present a hybrid protocol that is able to satisfy all of the CVE and C-HAVE requirements and discuss its implementation and results in two tele-surgery applications. This work is partially supported by Grants from Canada Research Chair Program, NSERC, OIT/Ontario Distinguished Researcher Award, Early Research Award and ORNEC Research Grant.     

Decentralised control of chromatographic simulated moving bed processes based on wave front reconstruction

The behaviour of chromatographic simulated moving bed processes is described by the movement of concentration profiles through a circle of separation columns. A closed-loop control manipulates the profiles in order to meet demands concerning specified product purity and disturbance attenuation. If steep wave fronts of the concentration profiles occur, the controlled variables undergo fast changes in case of a transient of the process. In this case, a reconstruction of the wave fronts is necessary for a successful control.A simple and effective decentralised controller structure is proposed based on cascaded discrete-time PI controllers. On-line product purity measurements and the reconstructed wave fronts are used for control purposes. Two kinds of process models are used: a rigorous model for dynamic simulations, and strongly simplified plant models for the design of the wave front reconstruction and the controller. The latter models are identified based on experimental step tests with the reference plant and numerical simulations. The performance of the control system is evaluated by numerical simulations.     

DVR网络文件系统的设计与实现

随着多媒体技术和网络技术的快速发展,融合数字录像、DVD播放、视频点播和网络共享等功能的DVD录像机(DVD Recorder:DVR)正成为新的研究热点,DVR网络信息共享也越来越受到人们的重视.通过分析DVR文件存储和文件访问的特点,在现有的TCP/IP协议和FAT32文件系统的基础上,针对DVR设计了一种高性能的DVR网络文件系统DNFS(DVR Network File System).在百兆以太网环境下对DNFS性能进行了测试,测试结果表明,DNFS随机读的性能同SMB(Server Message Block Protocol)相接近,而DNFS顺序读的性能要比SMB高10-20%左右.     

一种基于音频特征的自适应量化数字音频水印算法

针对传统的固定步长量化方法对不同种类音频载体适应性较差的缺点,提出了一种新的自适应量化步长的数字音频盲水印算法．该算法结合音频载体自身特点自适应确定量化步长,大大增强了算法对不同音频载体的适应性．仿真实验表明,该算法对于不同种类音频载体不仅具有较好的不可感知性,并且对于重采样,重量化,噪声,低通滤波及MP3压缩等攻击都具有较好的鲁棒性.     

基于相位编码的音频信息隐藏方法

针对听觉感知无差异时的局部相位失真条件,在宽带音频信号实验的基础上,提出一种利用局部相位分区实现信息隐藏的新算法。相对于经典的相位调制算法,利用局部相位信息,在保证听觉相似性的同时,能提高信息的嵌入量、改善误码率。理论分析和实验结果表明了该算法的有效性。     

IA-64的并行架构及其寄存器文件

同时多线程能在同一时钟周期执行不同线程的指令,并且指令级并行和线程级并行。显式并行指令计算关注于编译器和硬件的相互协作。寄存器文件的设计在高性能处理器设计中十分重要,寄存器栈和寄存器栈引擎是提高其性能的重要手段。该文设计和实现一套并行环境,其中包括并行编译器OpenUH和基于IA-64的同时多线程体系结构EDSMT,实验表明,该并行架构适用于大多数并行应用,针对NAS的并行测试程序,该架构相对于SMTSIM平均有12.48%的性能提升。     

蓝鲸集群文件系统中资源交互一致性协议

在蓝鲸集群文件系统中,分布式资源交互在系统异常的情况下会出现资源状态不一致的情况,为解决这一问题,该文提出分布式资源交互一致性协议S2PC-RT。S2PC-RT引入资源交互序号保证一致性,通过增加资源申请空间减少消息等待。证明协议的正确性,并在蓝鲸集群文件系统中实现了协议。测试结果表明,S2PC-RT能够保证资源的一致性,有效提高分布式资源的交互性能。     

基于索引文件的U盘数据存储模块设计和实现

研制了基于索引文件的U盘数据存储模块。该模块在DSP控制系统基础上扩展了USB主控芯片CH375,通过在DSP内部嵌入USB主机的控制程序,实现对U盘的数据存储功能。针对一般Flash存储介质的U盘,该模块的嵌入式程序实现了基于索引文件的数据存储结构,提高了文件的存储效率。实验表明该模块运行可靠、可移植性好,能满足螺旋焊管截面参数在线测量系统的数据存储要求。     

P2P文件共享系统的内容过滤方案

抑制非法内容共享行为是P2P文件共享系统需要解决的重要问题。Maze系统从活跃对等用户入手,提出基于文件流行度的过滤策略。模拟实验证明该过滤技术能迅速减少不良文件下载的次数和网络带宽资源的消耗,方法简单实用,可以对大规模系统中的内容进行有效控制。     

闪存文件系统的快速挂载机制设计与实现

基于嵌入式文件系统CFFS提出一种快速挂载机制。该机制引入“静态超级块”、“引用节点”以及“页位图”等数据结构并采取相应算法,避免了在文件系统挂载过程中进行的全芯片扫描。测试表明,这种快速挂载机制减少了闪存文件系统在大容量NAND芯片上的挂载时间。