In this paper we propose a communication benchmark suite: BTU(Bits To the User). In the BTU benchmarking process, the vendor supplies a workstation running a UNIX operating system, we install our benchmark program and connect the workstation to a testbed, consisting of blackboxes, which emulates a LAN/WAN environment. The benchmark run will submit the workstation to a carefully designed combina...

In recent years, cell phones have played an increasingly important role in rapidly-developing global telecommunication services. At present, mobile business develops very fast. However, the development in other mobile service fields, such as public service, mobile medical service, etc, is still in its infant stage. Drawing on the experience of the ‘doctor workstation project’ which is cooperate...

This paper describes the development of a novel robotic workstation which users configure to a variety of spatial forms. These configurations allow users to define their physical workspace as well as to situate computer and analogue tools precisely to support a broad range of work-and-leisure computing activities. The workstation is part of our Animated Work Environment (AWE) project aimed at p...

We evaluate the variation of inter-cell arrival times, namely jitter, as seen by a workstation. We present experimental results of actual jitter measurements on the FORE ASX200BX switch and a Pentium workstation running Linux. We analyze how the ATM network card device driver on a workstation perceives the jitter introduced by the network. We conclude from our data that the cell clumping that t...

This article describes a method of adapting workstations for workers with motion disability using computer simulation and virtual reality (VR) techniques. A workstation for grinding spring faces was used as an example. It was adjusted for two people with a disabled right upper extremity. The study had two stages. In the first, a computer human model with a visualization of maximal arm reach and...

This paper addresses the reliability analysis for a real-world apparel manufacturing system by using fuzzy mathematics. The studied apparel manufacturing system is a precise handicraft profession which involves a great amount of labor-intensive processes. To consider human performance, the apparel manufacturing system is constructed as a fuzzy multistate network, termed apparel manufacturing ne...

OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the effect of an occupational therapy ergonomics intervention on the workstation design and body positioning of microscope workers at a fiber optics facility. METHOD The study was quasi-experimental. Fifty-one microscope workers were assigned to one of three groups: control, education only, and education training. Their workstation design and body positioning we...