A WEB-based architecture enabling cooperative telemeasurements

This paper addresses the concept of cooperative telemeasurements in which resources such as instruments and programmable devices are distributed in a network of different laboratories and can cooperate to set up augmented experiments. In particular, both the end user’s benefits and the technical implementation challenging issues in enabling cooperative distributed laboratories are discussed. An example of possible network architecture design guidelines able to enable cooperation and remote control of instrumentation is provided with particular regard to the access of a user to distributed resources. Finally, an implementation of a real cooperative telemeasurement platform at WiLAB, Bologna, Italy, is described.