Data Compression for Remote Laboratories

Authors

  • Olawale Babatunde Akinwale Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9570-0429
  • Lawrence Olakunle Kehinde Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v11i4.6743

Keywords:

Data compression, Lempel-Ziv-Welch, remote laboratory, WebSockets

Abstract


Remote laboratories on mobile phones have been around for a few years now. This has greatly improved accessibility of these remote labs to students who cannot afford computers but have mobile phones. When money is a factor however (as is often the case with those who can’t afford a computer), the cost of use of these remote laboratories should be minimized. This work addressed this issue of minimizing the cost of use of the remote lab by making use of data compression for data sent between the user and remote lab.

Author Biographies

Olawale Babatunde Akinwale, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

Olawale B. Akinwale is lecturer in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and a member of the Remote Laboratories Developers Group of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Olawale majors in Instrumentation and Remote Laboratories with a keen interest in enhancing pedagogy, mobile devices and machine learning.

Lawrence Olakunle Kehinde, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

Lawrence O. Kehinde, a Professional Engineer, is a Professor of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and the Coordinator of the Remote Lab Development Group of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He worked in Techno-Managerial position as the Director of ICT at OAU for years. His major field is Instrumentation Designs and has designed various equipment. He was the founding Principal Investigator of the University’s iLab research.

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Published

2017-05-22

How to Cite

Akinwale, O. B., & Kehinde, L. O. (2017). Data Compression for Remote Laboratories. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 11(4), pp. 95–113. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v11i4.6743

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 4 (2017)

Section

Papers