IoT-oriented Networking Applications
It was great honor to have Prof. Gianluigi Ferrari (University of Parma) visit IBM iIoT Research Center. And he gave us an excellent speech on Oct 24th at Engineering Building D. ED 816.
A warm welcome and introduction of Prof. Gianluigi Ferrari were given by Prof. Li-Chun Wang. The research interest of Prof. Gianluigi Ferrari revolves around three main areas: advanced communication and networking, signal processing, IoT and smart systems. The scientific output of his lab includes over 260 publications in leading international journals and conferences, a few international books and a few technical/best paper awards at international conferences.
In this talk, Prof. Gianluigi Ferrari distinguished three IoT-oriented networking: sensor networking (efficient IoT data collection with RPL in IEEE 802.15.4 networks), mesh networking (IoT-oriented WiFi and BLE mesh networking), 5G networking (data processing in the cloud), and hybrid networking (integration of multiple radio technologies). For sensor networking, their team use RPL hand shake to discover new nodes in the network and use Constrained Application Protocol(CoAP) request to discover resources/services; The approach for mesh networking research is using dual-interface mesh nodes and selecting routing algorithm for backcone network. The goal of their “hybrid” networking is to design new IoT architectures combining the “micro” IoT paradigm which based on short-range radio technologies with the rising “macro” IoT paradigm which based on sub-GHz radio technologies.
It turned out that the talk was very interesting and inspiring. Prof. Li-Chun Wang, Prof. Ta-Sung Lee and some of the students shared a heated discussion with Prof. Gianluigi Ferrari. Many thanks for our distinguished lecturer coming from afar.