- Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
- Wireless Power Transfer Systems
- IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
- Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks
- Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
- Digital Transformation in Industry
- Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks
- Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
- Big Data and Business Intelligence
- Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
- IoT Networks and Protocols
- Cloud Computing and Resource Management
- Caching and Content Delivery
- Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
- RFID technology advancements
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
- Antenna Design and Analysis
- Network Time Synchronization Technologies
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Advanced Database Systems and Queries
- Green IT and Sustainability
- Software-Defined Networks and 5G
- Wireless Body Area Networks
- Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
- Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies
Institute of Informatics and Telematics
2016-2024
National Research Council
2016-2024
Research Academic Computer Technology Institute
2012-2022
University of Patras
2013-2022
University College London
2020
University of Ferrara
2020
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
2020
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
2020
University of Bologna
2020
Information and communication technologies are permeating all aspects of industrial manufacturing systems, expediting the generation large volumes data. This paper surveys recent literature on data management as it applies to networked environments identifies several open research challenges for future. As a first step, we extract important properties (volume, variety, traffic, criticality) identify corresponding enabling diverse fundamental use cases, based practical applications. Second,...
Apache Kafka has become a popular solution for managing networked data streaming in variety of applications, from industrial to general purpose. This paper systematically surveys the research literature this field by carefully classifying it into key macro areas, namely algorithms, networks, data, cyber-physical systems, and security. Through meticulous classification, aims identify analyze optimization aspects relevant each area, drawing upon practical applications as basis analysis. In...
Wireless power transfer (WPT) techniques are emerging as a fundamental component of next-generation energy management in mobile networks. In this context, the use UAVs opens many possibilities, either using them storage devices to recharge IoT nodes, or prolong their operation time via smart charging themselves at ground stations. This paper surveys recent literature on WPT it applies and identifies several open research challenges for future. As first step, we tessellate related corpus four...
Through recent technology advances in the field of wireless energy transmission, Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks (WRSN) have emerged. In this new paradigm for WSNs a mobile entity called Mobile Charger (MC) traverses network and replenishes dissipated sensors. work we first provide formal definition charging dispatch decision problem prove its computational hardness. We then investigate how to optimize trade-offs several critical aspects process such as a) trajectory charger, b)...
Rapid technological advances in the domain of Wireless Energy Transfer (WET) pave way for novel methods energy management Distributed Systems and recent research efforts have already started considering network models that take into account these new technologies. In this paper, we follow a approach studying problem efficiently charging set rechargeable nodes using wireless chargers, under safety constraints on electromagnetic radiation incurred. particular, define model greatly differs from...
With the fast-paced realization of Industry 4.0 paradigm, completely centralized networking solutions will no longer be sufficient to meet stringent requirements related industrial applications. Besides requiring fast response time and increased reliability, they necessitate computational resources at edge network, which demands advanced communication data management techniques. In this paper, we provide an overview network communications aspects for 4.0. Our global perspective is understand...
In terms of the calibre and variety services offered to end users, smart city management is undergoing a dramatic transformation. The parties involved in delivering pervasive applications can now solve key issues big data value chain, including gathering, analysis, processing, storage, curation, real-world visualisation. This trend being driven by Industry 4.0, which calls for servitisation products across all industries, field cities, where people, sensors, technology work closely together....
Rapid technological advances in the domain of Wireless Power Transfer pave way for novel methods power management systems wireless devices, and recent research works have already started considering algorithmic solutions tackling emerging problems. In this paper, we investigate problem efficient balanced Sensor Networks. We employ chargers that replenish energy network nodes. propose two protocols configure activity chargers. One protocol performs charging focused on efficiency, while other...
Wireless energy transfer is an emerging technology that used in networks of battery-powered devices order to deliver and keep the network functional. Existing state-of-the-art studies have mainly focused on applying this relatively strong computational communicational capabilities (wireless sensor networks, ad-hoc networks), also they assume one-directional from special chargers nodes. Different these works, we here study (for first time state-of-theart) interactive, "peer-to-peer" wireless...
We present a detailed survey of the literature on ISA100 Wireless industrial Internet standard (also known as ISA100.11a or IEC 62734). is IEEE 802.15.4-compatible wireless networking "Wireless Systems for Industrial Automation: Process Control and Related Applications". It features technologies such 6LoWPAN, which renders it ideal edge applications. The focuses state art research results in frame from holistic point view, including aspects like communication optimization, routing...
We present an IoT testbed architecture for Smart Buildings that enables the seamless and scalable integration of crowd-sourced resources such as smartphones tablets. The purpose this is dual. First, embedded sensory capabilities provided by crowd are combined with sensing building efficient smart actuations. Second, system able to interact its users in a direct, personal way both incentivising them provide data from their devices receive feed-back on preferences experienced comfort. above...
Wireless power transfer is used to fundamentally address energy management problems in Rechargeable Sensor Networks. In such networks mobile entities traverse the network and wirelessly replenish of sensor nodes. recent research on collaborative wireless charging, are also allowed charge each other. this work, we enhance feature by forming a hierarchical charging structure. We distinguish chargers into two groups, hierarchically lower Mobile Chargers (MCs) which nodes higher Special (SCs)...
Maintaining critical data access latency requirements and ensuring efficient energy consumption on the field devices are two important challenges of Industry 4.0. The traditional, centralized industrial networks which offer primitive distribution functions, might be incapable meeting such strict requirements. In this paper, in order to overcome issue, we focus a network resource constraint IoT devices, exploit presence few more capable Edge nodes that act as distributed local storing proxies...
Maintaining critical data access latency requirements is an important challenge of Industry 4.0. The traditional, centralized industrial networks, which transfer the to a central network controller prior delivery, might be incapable meeting such strict requirements. In this paper, we exploit distributed management overcome issue. Given set data, consumer nodes and maximum that consumers can tolerate, consider method for identifying selecting limited proxies in where needed by cached. targets...
The Industry 4.0 paradigm alludes to a new industrial revolution where factories evolve towards digitalized and networked structures intelligence is spread among the different elements of production systems. Two key technological enablers achieve flexibility efficiency sought for future are communication networks data management schemes that will support connectivity distribution in Cyber-Physical Production Systems. Communications must be built upon flexible reliable architecture able...
Wireless edge networks in smart industrial environments increasingly operate using advanced sensors and autonomous machines interacting with each other generating huge amounts of data. Those data are bound to make management (e.g., for processing, storing, computing) a big challenge. Current approaches, relying primarily on centralized storage, might not be able cope the scalability real time requirements Industry 4.0 environments, while distributed solutions being explored. In this paper,...
Apache Kafka addresses the general problem of delivering extreme high volume event data to diverse consumers via a publish-subscribe messaging system. It uses partitions scale topic across many brokers for producers write in parallel, and also facilitate parallel reading consumers. Even though provides some out box optimizations, it does not strictly define how each shall be efficiently distributed into partitions. The well-formulated fine-tuning that is needed order improve an cluster...
We employ wireless chargers that charge the battery of network nodes in mobile ad hoc networks and we propose two new, alternative protocols configure activity chargers. One protocol performs charging focused on efficiency, while other aims at proper balance chargers' residual energy. Towards a more realistic validation, perform evaluation, not simulation environment, but through an experimental setting real devices.
IoT Lab is a European funded project researching the potential of crowdsourcing as an extension to traditional testbed infrastructures. The proposes innovative co-design, implementation and testing solutions with close involvement crowd in process. Through use smart phone application can participate experiments by contributing sensory data knowledge. platform leveraged ARM (architecture reference model) design framework create initial architecture that includes virtualization components well...
Apache Kafka is a widely-used event streaming platform for reliable high-volume real-time data exchange following producer–consumer pattern. Despite its popularity, requires expertise and attention to detail, there are no default guidelines that can be applied all use cases without careful consideration. In this paper, we propose novel approach optimise the number of partitions brokers in Kafka, which two key configuration parameters, under given characteristics constraints target...