Tuesday, June 22, 2004

Potential Customer - Team Ferrari

I read an article about how computers are used in F1 racing titled "Computers chase the Checkered Flag." The quote that caught my attention was:

But as he races, his Ferrari team can track even the most minute aspect of the competition, capturing data in multi-megabyte wireless bursts each time the team's cars flash past the pits, often in excess of 200 miles an hour."

That sounds like a delayed transmition in a disconnected network, which is what we are researching, so I forwarded it to Prof. Keshav. He has suggested that I try to contact team Ferrari.

The Ferrari website has absolutely no contact information. So I've been scouring for potential contacts. I've registered and posted messages on TheScuderia.net Forums > Ferrari Forums > The Ferrari F1 Paddock (thread) and FerrariChat.com > General Forums > Racing (thread). I doubt that either will yeild anything interesting, but it will have to do until I have more time to widen my search.

My request for info reads as follows:

Hello everyone,
I am assisting research in Delay Tolerant Networking at the University of Waterloo in Canada. DTN is concerned with how to address architectural and protocol designs arising from the need to provide interoperable communications within environments where continuous end-to-end connections cannot be assumed.

One of the attributes of DTN technology is that it enables network devices to buffer communications data while disconnected from the network, and to automatically transmit that data when the device rejoins the network. A recent article has highlighted how Team Ferrari is using this technology to transfer onboard telemetry from vehicles to pit-crews during races.

I have been searching for technical contacts to discover more details of the use of this technology in F1, but have not found any sources of information. If you are involved with the use or development of this technology, my research group would appreciate the opportunity to discuss it with you.

Sincerely,
  Jeremy Hilliker
  jthillik at uwaterloo dot ca

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