A sensor fusion approach for network visualization

Abstract

Managing network infrastructure in companies and universities is an important task. The network management cost, however, is continuously increasing. Administrator's everyday work such as installing various new devices, changing existing routes, and fixing communication failures increases with the progress of the network. An effective way for managing the network with less cost and efforts is desired. We, therefore, propose a network administration system for visualizing network topology using Augmented Reality (AR). In this paper, we show a new approach for identifying target devices to visualize with mobile AR (Augmented Reality) technology. The approach is based on a concept of "sensor fusion" AR.