Multimedia Communications

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Phone number: (617) 353-8042
Location: PHO 445
Associated faculty: Little

The focus of this laboratory is the enabling technology for distributed and multimedia applications. Research includes investigation of distributed modes interaction among wireless computers; aggregation and clustering techniques for scaling large-scale Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) and Sensor Networks; communication systems for continuous media; and conceptual and physical database organizations. The laboratory is equipped a high-performance simulation environment and a wireless testbed for proof-of-concept prototype development.

The Multimedia Communications Laboratory (MCL) at Boston University focuses on topics in ubiquitous distributed computing. Current  research includes (a) the investigation and development of low-power wireless video camera networks, (b) applications in ecological monitoring using remote cameras, (c) the exploitation of mobility in vehicular networks, (d) visual light communications — communications using LED lighting as the network substrate, and (e) body areanetworking using multi-tier networking components.