Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging domain that promises ubiquitous connection to the Internet, turning common objects into connected devices. The IoT paradigm changing way people interact with things around them. It paves for creating pervasively infrastructures support innovative services and better flexibility efficiency. Such advantages are attractive not only consumer applications, but also industrial domain. Over last few years, we have been witnessing making its industry...

Low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) technologies are gaining momentum for Internet-of-things applications since they promise wide coverage to a massive number of battery operated devices using grant-free medium access. LoRaWAN, with its physical (PHY) layer design and regulatory efforts, has emerged as the widely adopted LPWAN solution. By chirp spread spectrum modulation qausi-orthogonal spreading factors (SFs), LoRa PHY offers while supporting high-density devices. However, thus far...

Internet of Things (IoT) is based on data collection, where billions sensors sample the real world; in other words, IoT includes a giant distributed measurement system (DMS). A question still requiring an answer is: Are technologies usable to enhance traditional systems, since they have been developed for very similar objective? In this paper, use long-range (LoRa) technology, originally IoT, investigated with aim implementing DMSs. After conclusion that LoRa and wide area network...

Cellular networks are envisioned to be a cornerstone in future industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) wireless connectivity terms fulfilling the industrial-grade coverage, capacity, robustness, and timeliness requirements. This vision has led design vertical-centric service-based architecture 5G radio access core networks. The incorporates capabilities include 5G-AI-Edge ecosystem for computing, intelligence, flexible deployment integration options (e.g., centralized distributed, physical,...

Distributed architectures for industrial applications are a new opportunity to realize cost-effective, flexible, scalable and reliable systems. Direct interfacing of sensors actuators the communication network improves system performance, because process data diagnostics can be simultaneously available many systems also shared on Web. However, sensors, especially low-cost ones, cannot use standard protocols suitable computers PLCs. In fact, typically require cyclic, isochronous hard...

The new concept of Industry 4.0 has been developed: it includes both Internet Things (IoT) structure and the local networks that are still needed to carry out real-time tasks. However, forecasts mass application consumer IoT system have stimulated development wireless technologies may also be interesting for industry. In this paper, LoRa technology is investigated implementation industrial suitable sensors actuators era. After a brief overview LoRaWAN, paper deals with discussion about using...

Information and operational technologies merge into the so-called industrial Internet of Things, which is one basic pillars Industry 4.0 paradigm. Roughly speaking, yet-to-come services will be offered in automation scenario by devices having an internet connection for sharing data cloud. Currently, most efforts are development protocols able to ensure horizontal interoperability among heterogeneous applications. Consequently, poor attention devoted time-related performance. In this paper, a...

The LoRaWAN technology, an example of low power wide area network, is considered a possible IoT-derived solution for realizing private cellular (single-hop) communications in the industrial domain. However, despite promises long range and dense environments with many obstacles (as ones), it may suffer from coverage issue. Additionally, inverse relationship between data rates be unacceptable applications. In this article, innovative extender (based on enhanced node) described, its integration...

Currently, the applications of Internet Things (IoT) generate a large amount sensor data at very high pace, making it challenge to collect and store data. This scenario brings about need for effective compression algorithms make manageable among tiny battery-powered devices and, more importantly, shareable across network. Additionally, considering that, often, wireless communications (e.g., low-power wide-area networks) are adopted connect field devices, user payload can also provide...

The IEC 61850 standard allows for a structured grid automation system where critical tasks like protections, renewable energy sources management, synchronized measurements, and monitoring applications share the communication network. So far, use of has been mainly limited to primary substations, but more interesting could be coordinated actions between secondary substations in order quickly react faults reduce service downtimes final customers. Unfortunately, networks are today only...

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is becoming a reality thanks to Industry 4.0, which requires the connection as many industrial devices possible. sharing and storing huge amount data in Cloud allows implementation new analysis algorithms delivery “services” with added value. From an economical point view, several factors can decide success 4.0 services but, among others, “short latency” be one most interesting, especially market that used “real-time” concept. For these reasons, this...

In the recent past we have observed many technological revolutions, including transition from analog world into its digital counterpart and centralized wired solutions to distributed pervasive wireless systems. particular, advent of low- cost low-power transceivers, together with development compact-size open standard stacks, made possible Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), largely adopted for both home/office industrial monitoring applications. The nowadays ambitious goal is sample, collect...

The idea of Industry 4.0 includes the concept Industrial Internet Things (IIoT) that is possibility for industrial devices to have connection and share data. Huge amount data are stored analyzed in Cloud extract meaningful information be sold as "services". Today, many scenarios do not require a short latency between collection output reaction, but it expected services would seen by market distinctive quality. This paper deals with estimation transferring from field (where production takes...

The rising concerns about global warming and environmental pollution are increasingly pushing towards the replacement of road vehicles powered by Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs). Electric Vehicles (EVs) generally considered best candidates for this transition, however, existing power grids EV management systems not yet ready a large penetration EVs, current opinion scientific community is that further research must be done in field. so-called Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) concept plays relevant...

The authors here propose an analog interface for differential capacitance estimation, able to reveal and quantify capacitive variations. Different from other works in the literature, proposed can operate on a full-range scale. This solution takes inspiration preliminary work of same authors, whose working principle is based modified De-Sauty AC bridge configuration; particular, two (differential) capacitors resistors are employed, one which implemented by voltage-controlled resistor (VCR)....

Causal relationship between physical activity and prevention of several diseases has been known for some time. Recently, attempts to quantify dose-response health show that automatic tracking quantification the exercise efforts not only help in motivating people but improve conditions as well. However, no commercial devices are available weight training calisthenics. This work tries overcome this limit, exploiting machine learning technique (particularly Linear Discriminant Analysis, LDA)...

The rise of Internet Things (IoT) has impacted the industrial automation world. Traditional fleldbus and new fieldbus based on Real Time Ethernet (as PROFINET) have been challenged to include IoT solutions, whose real possibilities are still under evaluation. On other hand, there properties devices (e.g. robustness, "proven in use", explosion proof) that may be useful also typical scenarios building automation). Therefore, paper proposes a reversed approach, where architecture enables use...

The application of the most recent advances Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology to automation buildings is emerging as a promising solution achieve greater efficiencies in energy consumption, and allow realization sustainable models. IoT has been demonstrated effective many fields, such confirmed, for instance, by Industry 4.0 concepts, which are revolutionizing modern production chains. By following this approach, use distributed control architectures technologies (both wired wireless)...

One of the most interesting application data analysis to industry is real-time detection anomalies during production. Industrial IoT paradigm includes all components realize predictive systems, like anomaly ones. In this case, goal discover patterns, in a given dataset, that do not resemble "normal" behavior, identify faults, malfunctions or effects bad maintenance. The use complex neural networks implement deep learning algorithm for very common. position one main problem: kind requires...

Although the idea of using wireless links for covering large areas is not new, advent LPWANs has recently started changing game. Simple, robust, narrowband modulation schemes permit implementation low-cost radio devices offering high receiver sensitivity, thus improving overall link budget. The several technologies belonging to LPWAN family, including well-known LoRaWAN solution, provide a cost-effective answer many Internet-of-things (IoT) applications, requiring communication capable...

Many different application domains are taking advantage from the adoption of Internet Things (IoT) paradigm. Among them, intelligent transportation systems can improve efficiency and sustainability by exploiting increased awareness about actual mobility resource availability. For this reason, idea as a service is gaining consensus. However, satisfying requirements very heterogeneous scenarios be really challenging. In work, we propose adding redundancy diversity to IoT platforms overall...

This paper investigates the virtualization of LoRaWAN end nodes through Linux containers (LXC) to improve scalability, flexibility, and resource management. By leveraging lightweight Dockerbased virtualization, we break down core functions node, comprising application, LoRaWAN, LoRa layers, into modular containers. In this work a fully virtualized endnode is demonstrated. The obtainable performance are not only compared against standard approach that leverages on LoRaWANcompliant module, but...