Group #

11

Week ending:

(Saturday)

02/18/06

Report #

5

Project Title:

Distributed RF Measurement in GSM

Group Leader:

Michelle Teixeira

Advisor:

Prof. Tureli

Sponsor/Client:

Total number of person-hours spent on project by group during past week:

Is project on schedule?

Yes

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Weekly status:

Include discussion of what you accomplished this week, who you contacted, what decisions were made, what obstacles were identified, how they are being addressed.

· This week we had another group meeting in the Wireless Research Lab. We had a minor setback this week. We hoped to have had the code ready by Tuesday so that data acquisition could begin. However, the code still needed some debugging and, hopefully, it will be ready this coming Tuesday.

· Instead, this week we focused on how and where we were going to save our data samples. We thought of a few possibilities for data storage. One idea was to save the data on a team member's external drive and then use DVD burners in the Physics Department at NYU to burn the data onto DVDs. A second idea was to purchase a DVD burner with the money set aside for us by Stevens. We're leaning more towards the first idea.

· As for the website, all recent documents have been posted, as well as plenty more links. We are in the process of taking pictures of our system set up to post that as well.

· The group began brainstorming on locations around campus for the COM blocks once they are up and running. We noticed that there are a few "dead zones" around campus where cell phone calls are usually dropped (ex. Between the Babbio and Burchard building, near the park, etc.). It would be interesting to collect data in and around these areas.

· We hope that the code will be ready by this Tuesday so next week we should have some interesting information to report.