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Mobiles to Enhance Live Sports Experience
A case study produced by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Imagine watching a football match, seeing a foul and being able to immediately swap comments with friends who saw the same incident from the other side of the stadium. By connecting mobile phones with each other without sending messages via a network, new technology will enable people in different parts of a stadium to share their experience instantly, reliably – and free of charge. Currently, it can be hard to get a mobile phone signal in a crowded sports stadium where there is a lot of interference and messages can take a long time to be delivered. Researchers at the University of Glasgow, with EPSRC funding, have developed a series of computer programs that make so-called ‘ad hoc networking’ possible for any number of fans wanting to swap thoughts with each other at a live event. The application makes innovative use of Bluetooth, a well-established form of wireless networking. EPSRC is a part of the Research Councils UK (RCUK) partnership of research councils.
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