With almost every computer user in the modern world being connected up to some form of network. The "cable clutter" resulting from several computers in a room being connected in a LAN can be quite annoying as well as expensive. A several proposals over past years have been put up for discussion, with most fitting into 2 categories, RF communications and diffuse modulated Infrared communications. With RF communications being restricted because of bandwidth and interference limitations, Diffuse (non-line of sight) IR is being pushed as the next communication medium.
The thesis will involve research into such areas as the mechanisms of IR generation and detection, the fundamentals of network protocols and current technology and its associacted IrDa standard. The main area of research will be into current and future IR detection systems, where the majority of research has been concentrated domestically and abroad. Construction of a Diffuse Infrared Communications – Local Area Network will involve combining current commercially available technology into a working LAN in the Thesis Labs in the AXON Building
Geoffrey Scott
4th Year Computer Systems Engineer
Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Queensland
c:-St.Leo's College
College Road, St.Lucia 4067
Phone: (07) 38780 636
email: s329242@student.uq.edu.au
Supervisor:-
Mark F. Shulz
Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Queensland