Bluetooth Mobile Based College Campus

With the advance in time and technology there is a need

for faster dissemination of information. Connected, personalized,

intelligent information appliances are becoming increasingly important

in our business and private lives. These appliances include devices

such as cell phones, two-way pagers, personal organizers, screen

phones, and POS terminals.

In a real world scenario, such as college campus,

information in the form of notices, hand-written manuals, oral

communication, is spread among the students. Today it is imperative

to not only use the traditional forms of communication, but also newer

forms such as mobile technology, for quicker and easier

communication among the students.

Our project consists of the following SMS-enabled

applications:

Polling, complaints and suggestions, notices from the placement cell

regarding the recruitment process, querying for the information about

projects and seminars, alerts such as -library due dates- shortage of

attendance-due dates for payment of fees, student-alumni interaction,

student information system.

Using SMS for the above mentioned applications, proves

to be a cost-effective, quicker, all-time available and an easier means

of communication.

System Overview

Our project involves developing an enterprise package for

an educational institution, consisting of the following SMS-enabled

applications:-

Polling

Poll to students

Polling is a process where in the college

management poses a question for public opinion, which is then

forwarded to the registered students by the server. The server then

awaits responses from them and after a certain period of time the

responses are processed and a formatted output is sent to the college

management.

Complaints and suggestions

The student can lodge complaints/suggestions about a particular

subject, such as, staff, campus, library, canteen etc to the authority

incharge using their mobile. The server stores the

complaints/suggestions in the addressee’s inbox on the server. After a

certain number of messages the server mails the

complaints/suggestions to the addressee’s mailbox and sends an alert

as an SMS.

Student-Alumni Interaction

Students can query the server for alumni information by specifying

either the company name or and year of passing out through his

mobile. Based on the search criteria, the list of alumni names is

displayed. The student can get further information about the alumni on

request.

Student Information

Students can query the server for student information by

specifying the student name, department, semester through his

mobile. List of student names is displayed. Further information about

the student can be obtained on request.

Placement Cell:

Recruitment notices

Recruitment notices consist of the number of students who have

been placed for a particular company. After campus recruitment

process the placement officer informs the server about the number of

students placed. The server broadcasts the notice to students in the

form of SMS. On request by the student, further details such as name

and contact information is provided.

General notices

These consist of general campus recruitment notices such as

information regarding the recruiting company, campus interview date

and other placement activities. The placement officer sends the notice

to the students through the server.

Project/Seminar Information

A student can query for project/seminar information based on

topic, field or platform using his mobile. Based on the search criteria,

the names of available project/seminars are displayed. On further

request, information about the authors/participants is displayed.

Functional Requirements

Functions:

Polling

The college management will be able to poll the

question

to the students and can view the results of the poll

The students will be able to respond to the

question with the options provided

Complaints and Suggestions

The students can lodge their complaints/suggestions

to the

college management.

The college management can view the complaints

lodged

by the students.

Student-Alumni interaction

The students can query for the alumni information by

specifying either the company or the name and year of

passing.

Student Information

The students can query for the information of any student in the

college by specifying his/her department, semester.

Placement Cell

The students will be sent recruitment notices which consists of the

number of students recruited and contact information of the recruited

students.

The students will be sent general notices which consists information of

the placement activities.

Project/Seminar information

The students can query the server for the project seminar information

by specifying the topic or platform or field.

System Administrator

The system administrator can enable/disable any of the applications.

He/She can customize the applications according to the needs of

his/her college. For eg: USN number format.

In the complaints and suggestions section he/she can mention the

subject and the persons to whom complaints/suggestions are to go and

can set the number of messages after which the

complaints/suggestions have to be sent as a mail to the respective

persons.

Student database : The student database consists of all the

information about the student such as University seat no, name,

semester, department, mobile number, email-id, attendance, internal

marks.

Alumni database : The alumni database consists of all the

information about the alumni such as name, year of pass out,

company he is currently working in.

Project/Seminar database : The project/seminar database consists

of the project/seminar title, platform, field, the authors/participants

name.

Operational Scenarios and interface requirement:

Actor: Student

a) Scenario Student has to register himself to the server

Interface Requirement an user interface with provisions for

entering

the University seat

number will be provided.

b) Scenario Student has to answer to a poll.

Interface Requirement An user interface with the question and

options for selecting a answer are given.

c) Scenario Student has to lodge a

complaint/suggestion.

Interface Requirement The student can do so by giving

the details

such as the subject and the person to whom

the complaint/suggestion has to be addressed

and an text box for entering the

complaint/suggestion

d) Scenario Student needs project/seminar

information

Interface Requirement The student will be given an interface where he can enter the

platform or field or the title of the project/seminar.

e) Scenario Student needs alumni information

Interface Requirement The student will be given an interface where he can enter either

the name of the company or the name and year of passing out of the

alumni.

f) Scenario Student has to answer to quiz

question.

Interface Requirement An user interface with the question and

options for selecting a answer are given.

Actor: College management

a) Scenario Management wants to poll a

question.

Interface Requirement An user interface to enter a question and

duration after which they need the results is provided.

b) Scenario Placement officer wants to send a

notice.

Interface Requirement An user interface for entering the notice and

selecting the group of students to

whom the

notice is intended, is provided

Non-Functional Requirements

Compatibility

The SMS service that is provided is compatible with the java enabled

mobile cellular phones.

Performance

The server should be able to handle many requests at the

same time.

This SMS service is dependent on the existing messaging service

provided by the different service providers hence the performance may

decrease due to the delays in the network.

On an average the server can send/receive 50 SMS per minute.

Scalability

The application is scalable in the sense that a new service can be

added without affecting the available service.

There are provisions to use an existing feature in a service in the new

service.

Flexibility

The application is flexible such that the norms and rules of a particular

institution can be easily incorporated whenever required.

PROPOSED SOLUTION / DESIGN

Conceptual Diagram

Requirement Specifications

Software Specifications

Front - java and j2ee, j2meBack End - MS Access / My SQL ServerIde - MY EclipseDesigninig Tool - MS Front Page and Dream Weaver

Hardware Specifications

Processor : P IV or MoreHard Disk : 40 GBRAM : 512 MB RamDongle : Bluetooth Device