ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It would not have been possible to write this thesis without the help and support of the kind people around me, to only some of whom it is possible to give particular mention here.
Above all, I would like to thank my family, most especially my mom, for their unequivocal support throughout my decision in pursuing this Master’s Degree.
The completion of this paper would not have been possible without the help, support and patience of my adviser, Engr. Rosana Ferolin, to whom I always looked up to. If not because of her, I would have never finished this on time. She had unleashed the “Huffman” in me.
Besides my adviser, I would like to thank Engr. Christian Maderazo for all the cool ideas he shared and being available anytime, even at midnight through chat, for inquiry.
I am deeply grateful to my 296N family for the personal support and great patience and understanding throughout the time I made our flat a close replica of a relief center and banning them from accessing the Internet during system set-up and testing. To Mae Ann, the real “master”, for believing in me always and inspiring me to pursue my dreams no matter what the consequences might be. To Maghuyop and all her boun giorno’s that lightened the very long and stressful day of thesis-making and to her “miel” who has been a very cooperative test equipment. To Clyne, for being my critic, test model, chef, personal assistant, and anything-I-need-him-to-be. To Jordan and Ryan for being so concern and sensitive towards my needs, for bringing pizzas and burger when they think I am too busy to go out and eat, for the free ride and meals, too.
I am deeply grateful to my 296N family for the personal support and great patience and understanding throughout the time I made our flat a close replica of a relief center and banning them from accessing the Internet during system set-up and testing. To Mae Ann, the real “master”, for believing in me always and inspiring me to pursue my dreams no matter what the consequences might be. To Maghuyop and all her boun giorno’s that lightened the very long and stressful day of thesis-making and to her “miel” who has been a very cooperative test equipment. To Clyne, for being my critic, test model, chef, personal assistant, and anything-I-need-him-to-be. To Jordan and Ryan for being so concern and sensitive towards my needs, for bringing pizzas and burger when they think I am too busy to go out and eat, for the free ride and meals, too.
I owe my most sincere gratitude to Iryne and Sarah, the kind of sisters I never had, who never stopped believing in me, for pushing me further at times of discouragement, for being calm on my most stressful time and taking on the most impossible situations I have encountered during the completion of this project. Completing this degree is just the next thing on my most treasured events at USC, meeting both of them and gaining real friendship topped the list.
I wish to express my warm and sincere thanks to Jovanson Lee Cesar, for without him, the reality of this thesis will be impossible. He helped me gave life to Parlami even on a very short notice.
I also wish to thank everyone who shared their time and ideas for Parlami. To Rox, for sharing the inspiring “Huffman” story with me. To Josie Marie and Rowena who spared a weekend with me to be my “timers” during project testing. To Lorraine, my ever willing testing buddy at wee hours of the night. To Hazel, for keeping up with my temper and for patiently waiting online just to make sure I can test the workability of this project. To Natnat, for all his geeky ideas during proposal and helped me troubleshoot our network interconnectivity at some stage of project implementation. To Daidai, for accompanying me on my last week of sleeplessness due to project implementation. To Gracee for all the sumptuous meals she cooked. To Sai and Mayang, for believing in me. To Noyie, for her kind words and encouragement, after years of not seeing each other. To Emmanuel, for being there.
To everyone worth mentioning but my 128Mb worth of brain memory failed to remind me, GRAZIE!