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e-Stadium Overview

Ed Coyle, Co-Director of CWSAand the e-Stadium Team

Center for Wireless System and Applicationscoyle@purdue.edu; 765-494-3470

http://estadium.purdue.edu/

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The Vision

ObjectiveTo become the most technologically advanced college stadium in the United States and provide Purdue’s fans, alumni, students and visitors with a unique experience through highly interactive technological applications and exhibitions.How?By creating a synergy among athletics, academics and technology to deliver exciting solutions involving students and research.

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Morgan Burke,Athletics Director

Jim Bottum,VP IT & CIO

Catherine RosenbergFormer CWSA Director

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Internal Partnership

Technology Exposition Area

Ross-Ade Stadium Cyber Café

Infotainment at Ross-Ade Stadium: e-Stadium

Center for Wireless Systems & Applications

Focusing on Applications, Middleware, Security, and Strategy & Policies

Cross-disciplinary, University-wide

Provide the infra-structure and staff to work with faculty and students in a “living laboratory”

Focusing on testing and deployment

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External Partnerships

Cisco Systems - Enabler• $600,000 Cash Donation• $100,000 Higher Education Equipment Donation

Program

Intel Corporation• 65 PDA’s, wireless cards and back-up batteries

($25,000)

Verizon• $50,000 Cash Donation

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The Bigger Picture - “Living Lab” Concept

Uses the “city” of Purdue University as a controlled space for experimentation while serving in its traditional role

To facilitate “real world” learning and “seeing the future” of technology

Provides a practical learning experience for Purdue students

Provides a model or simulation environment for researchers

Provides a better understanding of how users adopt new applications/technologies and how they use them

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e-Stadium First Living Lab Success Story - Infotainment

What is “Infotainment?” • Enhances the spectators’

involvement in the game• Wireless• Mobile• Interactive

Jim Thorpe Award Finalist Junior Stuart Schweigert

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e-Stadium Key Elements (e.g. living lab)

Infrastructure• Wireless network based on

Purdue’s 802.11b and Cellular• Web based applications • Mobile Devices

» PDA» Smart Phone

A multi-phase project• Infotainment (phase I)• Video, cumulative game stats,

buddy finder (phase II)• Phases III, IV, …

Action-Packed Ross-Ade Stadium

62,500 Seats

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The People = Collaborative Effort

Athletics

ECE students

ITaP • Project Focus

» Communications» Instructional Computing

Services» Internet Services» IT Assessment» NT Administration» Security» Telecommunications » Web Services

• Game Day Support (16 – 20/game)» All across ITaP» Students, students, students

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e-Stadium Phase II –2004 Football Season

• Scoreboard & Play-by-Play

• Game Statistics • Video Highlights • Other Game Scores • Player and Coach Bios • Boilermakers History • Food Locator • Buddy Finder • Trivia • Polls • Current Weather • User Feedback • FAQs

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Outdoor Antenna & Access Point Configuration

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Wireless Layout

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Lessons Learned – Research Perspective

Signal Availability• Loss of signal as people stood up around a PDA user • Signal strength varied by card manufacturer• Traffic test showed 2/3 of the traffic movement in down load• Video Freezing

PDA’s• Variations in PDAs

» 50 hp Jornadas & 65 Dell Axims» Moving devices from VPN to open network caused problems (flakey)

• Smartphones» Access was poor due to slower speed – no video capability» Decided not to promote smartphones

• Battery life» Settings» Weather» Manufacturer

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Lessons Learned about the Infrastructure

Infrastructure Challenges• Fine-Tuning of Video Delivery • Coverage• Security

Research project with production environment expectations• Availability & high visibility• Student expectations

Security – Hacker attacks the day after URL published

Devices take a lot of people to administer• Volume• Charging• Inventory• Space• Physical moves

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Lessons Learned about Users

Not interested until they found out we weren’t “selling/charging”

Rain was a concern - liability

No place to put the device and the case and a hot dog and a coke . . .

PDA’s are difficult to handle with gloves on

Phase I applications didn’t really hold the fans interest for an entire game; Phase II (video) maintains high level of interest

Feedback from Phase I• Icons not words -- Accessibility• Video Replay

Majority – Many first-time PDA users

One-on-one training for users

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Support Required!

Fan in the stand we found using their own PDA – Team provided on-sight support

The unknown user is now an expert and provides support for his neighbor using a smart phone

The neighbor gives it a try, but smart phones are different

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e-Stadium Phase III, IV

Interactive gaming

Physical safety enhancement

e-Stadium commentator interaction

Interactive applications involving the scoreboard – display poll results, trivia game winners, etc…

e-Commerce potential: Restaurant reservations, Advertising,…

Wireless access to tailgate area

Introduce and test new technologies and to go beyond the current model both in time and space – WiMAX

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Live Demo