| Submitted by | Pradeep V,Sowmya Ms |
| Discipline | B TECH IT |
| College | Srinivasa College Of Engineering And Technology , CHENNAI |
| Project Proposal Details : |
| Brief Summary of the Project. |
The Problem Being Addressed:
The problem is that of too much time consumed in the transmission of data across networks. Our major goal is to help people to have faster internet access. The challenge is to develop an ultimate compression/de-compression tool that can be built into the internet browser. So as to increase the download speed by a proposed 550% for text content and 70% for image content. What kind of software is being Developed: LICOM is a compression/de-compression tool that sits in-between the browser and content from the server. It aims to facilitate compression of ASCII text, RTF, DOC, PDF, HTML and similar filetypes upto 550% and GIF, JPG, BMP and similar image filetypes upto 70% of the original size. The compressor compresses the files at the server-side and sends the compressed LCM (LICOM) format to the client. The de-compressor de-compresses this at the client side and returns the normal file for display to the browser. In this process, LICOM also aims not to create too much of load on the processor Why is LICOM being developed? According to a study sponsored by Nortel Networks, An estimated 2.5 billion hours were wasted online last year as people waited for pages to download. An approach that we feel must be implemented is the trading of bandwidth consumption for processor consumption. As we move away from the cities, we see a 'crawl' as far as internet access speed is concerned. Especially, in developing towns, net access is really primitive (mostly, twisted-pair telephone cables for 4-5 computers comprise an internet browsing center). And the same applies to the plight of the internet user at home who connects via the telephone line. We would like to change this, so that super-fast access is in the hands of every internet user, regardless of the hardware that is being employed. |
| Contribution towards opensource development in India. | We believe that the major benefactors would be all internet users in general. Especially in India, where 'richer' technology is yet to reach the interiors of the country, our software could make a difference to internet access in the developing towns and villages. Lastly, we hope that the open source community would find our ideas and code useful. |
| References being used. |
WEBSITES:
General Study of Existing Image Compression Technologies: http://www.iee.et.tu-dresden.de/~franz/image1.html JPG Format FAQ: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/jpeg-faq |
| Hosted On. | sourceforge.net |
| Deadline meeting plans. |
We aim to develop and release LICOM within a maximum period of 10 months. Our plan for the same is as follows:
Month 1: Achieving first level of compression for ASCII text, RTF, DOC, PDF, HTML and similar filetypes Month 2: Study of existing image compression technologies Month 3: Achieving first level of compression for GIF, JPG, BMP and similar image filetypes Months 4 & 5: Improvising to final level of compression (to achieve the compression percentage as stated in the proposal) for all file types as applicable Months 6 & 7: Developing the actual compression and decompression tools for the various browsers that are available Months 8 & 9: Testing the tools for performance and compatibility in all major environments Month 10: Release |