Over the last few years, convincing forward steps in development of Internet Things (IoT)-enabling solutions are spurring advent novel and fascinating applications. Among others, mainly radio frequency identification (RFID), wireless sensor network (WSN), smart mobile technologies leading this evolutionary trend. In wake tendency, paper proposes a novel, IoT-aware, architecture for automatic monitoring tracking patients, personnel, biomedical devices within hospitals nursing institutes....

Enabling a sustainable mobility is one of primary goals the so-called Smart City vision, and development intelligent parking systems represents key aspect. To this purpose, paper presents novel Parking System based on jointly use different technologies, such as RFID, WSN, NFC, Cloud, mobile. It able to collect, in real time, both environmental parameters information about occupancy state spaces, direct drivers nearest vacant spot by using customized software application. This last leverages...

In this paper, a Smart Parking System (SPS) based on the integration of Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) Radio Identification (RFID) and IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technologies is presented. The system able to collect information about occupancy state parking spaces, direct drivers nearest vacant spot by using customized software application. Such application also leverages an NFC-based e-wallet allow users pay for fee. Furthermore, RESTful Java Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) has...

The paper presents an innovative gapless traceability system able to improve the main business processes of fresh vegetables supply chain. performed analysis highlighted some critical aspects in management whole chain, from land table end consumer, and allowed us reengineer most important processes. In particular, first steps which include cultivation greenhouses manufacturing packaged vegetables, were analyzed. re-engineered model was designed by exploiting potentialities derived combined...

Energy efficiency represents one of the primary challenges in development wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Since communication is most power consuming operation for a node, many current energy-efficient protocols are based on duty cycling mechanisms. However, these solutions expensive from both computational and memory resources point view and; therefore, they result being hardly implementable constrained devices, such as nodes. This suggests to combine new with hardware able further reduce...

A Wireless Sensor Network consists of a large number sensor nodes that are usually battery powered and deployed in areas which changing or recharging batteries may be impractical completely unfeasible. Therefore, energy efficiency represents one the main design objectives for these networks. Since most is consumed by radio communication, development Medium Access Control protocols able to minimize consumption very attractive research area. This paper presents an efficient communication...

The aging population phenomenon is more and increasing. In this context, the elderly's behavioral analysis through Internet of Things technologies can help to prevent Mild Cognitive Impairment frailty problems. particular, since movements body motility are good indicators changes, work aims define a reliable system for controlling position elderly in unobtrusive, low-cost low-power way. represents basis complete architecture risk detection developed within City4Age project, funded by Horizon...

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are receiving an ever increasing attention because they one of the most important technologies enabling Internet Things vision. Since nodes these networks battery-powered, energy efficiency represents main design objectives. This goal can be primarily achieved through optimization communication phase, which is power consuming operation for a WSN node. However, limited computational and storage resources physical devices make complex protocols particularly...

Wireless Sensor Networks are destined to play a fundamental role in the next-generation Internet, which will be characterized by Machine-to-Machine paradigm, according which, embedded devices actively exchange information, thus enabling development of innovative applications. It contribute assert concept Internet Things, where end-to-end security represents key issue. In such context, it is very important understand protocols able provide right level without burdening limited resources...

People's interaction with IoT devices such as proximity beacons, body-worn sensors, and controllable light bulbs is often mediated through personal mobile devices. Current approaches usually make applications operate in separate silos, the functionality of fixed by vendors typically accessed only low-level proprietary APIs. This limits flexibility designing requires intense wireless interactions, which may impact energy consumption. COIN a system architecture that breaks this separation...

Enabling a sustainable mobility is one of primary goals the so-called Smart Cities vision, and in this perspective, deployment intelligent parking systems represents key aspect. This paper presents novel IoT-aware Parking System based on jointly use different technologies , such as RFID, WSN, NFC, mobile. It able to collect, real time, both environmental parameters information about occupancy state spaces. To reduce overall system costs, possibility solar RFID tag cars' detection has been...

The aging population is a global phenomenon, characterized by many interesting challenges. In this context, the Internet of Things technologies could allow to analyze elderly's behavioral in an unobtrusive way, thus helping prevent Mild Cognitive Impairment and frailty problems. To end, work aims define reliable system for controlling position body motility elderly low-cost low-power way. Movements are, indeed, good indicators changes. represents basis complete architecture analysis risk...

The continuously rising demand for electricity has prompted governments and industries to research more effective energy management systems. Internet of Things paradigm is a valuable add-on controlling managing the appliances such as Plug-in Electrical Vehicles (PEV) charging stations. In this paper, we present Demand Response implementation PEV stations able use Wireless Sensor Network technologies based on Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP). We developed self-service kiosk system by...

This work describes a Smart Hospital System (SHS) based on the integration of Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) Radio Identification (RFID) and IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technologies. SHS is able to provide patient localization, tracking, monitoring services within hospitals or nursing institutes through deployment heterogeneous network RFID-WSN nodes relaying data central server. A set software applications RESTful Java database Push Notification (PN) technologies has been...

Enabling a sustainable urban mobility is one of primary goals the so-called Smart Cities vision, and deployment smart parking systems represents key aspect. The proper operation these heavily depends on their ability to automatically detect presence vehicles in spaces. To date, this problem solved by expensive wireless/wired systems. As car only bit information, with importance knowing ID slot, paper we consider possibility using Battery Assisted Passive (BAP) tags for those purposes....

Sports and recreational activities provide an interesting domain of research that includes several the critical challenges for next generation services. The adoption emerging Internet Things technologies into field sport could significantly improve experience also safety level team sports. To this purpose, paper presents a novel Sport System based on jointly use different technologies, such as RFID, WSN, Cloud, mobile. It is able to collect, in real time, both environmental parameters...

The introduction of Internet Things enabling technologies into the sport and recreational activities domain provide an interesting research challenge. Their adoption could significantly improve experience also safety level team sports. Despite this, only few attempts have been done to demonstrate benefits provided by use IoT in environments. To fill this gap, paper propose IoT-aware Sport System based on jointly different innovative standards. By exploiting potentialities offered...

Recently, there has been much effort to integrate heterogeneous wireless technologies in order make overlay networks able provide mobile users with ubiquitous Internet access. Handover management is still one of the most challenging issues be solved for seamless integration networks. In this paper, an algorithm vertical handover QoS guarantees between IEEE 802.16e and 802.11e networks, without computational complexity added on nodes, proposed. It uses a decision mechanism based following...

This paper evaluates the impact of EPCglobal international standard and some emerging Radio Frequency (RF) technologies, such as IDentification (RFID) Near Field Communication (NFC), on main processes fresh vegetabl

The worldwide spreading of Internet, in combination with the development new low power and cost embedded devices, has enabled so-called Internet Things vision. Wireless Sensor Networks represent an invaluable resource for realizing such scenario, inside which innovative applications could be developed. However, availability resources reduced processing capacity target platforms make next-generation very challenging. This paper proposes system architecture, called STarch, able to simplify...

We present a system architecture to enable running slice of mobile app's logic onto connected devices such as proximity beacons, body-worn sensors, and controllable light bulbs. These are normally black-boxes: their functionality is fixed by vendors typically accessed only through low-level APIs. overcome the limitations this design providing generic programmable substrate on device. Mobile apps can dynamically deploy arbitrary tasks implemented loosely-coupled actor-like components. The...