Wireless sensor networks are untethered infrastructures that easy to deploy and have limited visual impact—a key asset in monitoring heritage buildings of artistic interest. This paper describes one such system deployed Torre Aquila, a medieval tower Trento (Italy). Our contributions range from the hardware graphical front-end. Customized deals efficiently with high-volume vibration data, specially-designed sensors acquire building's deformation. Dedicated software services provide: i) data...

Detecting and tracking the position of multiple targets indoors is a challenging measurement problem due to inherent difficulty cluster correctly sensor data associated given target track each with adequate accuracy. This critical especially in rooms filled fixed or moving objects hampering detection whenever paths different cross one another. In this paper, robust Multiple Targets Tracking (MTT) algorithm exploiting clouds points collected from mmWave-FMCW radar presented. The proposed...

This paper describes the application of a wireless sensor network to 31 meter-tall medieval tower located in city Trento, Italy. The effort is motivated by preservation integrity set frescoes decorating room on second floor, representing one most important International Gothic artworks Europe. specific demanded development customized hardware and software. module selected as core platform allows reliable communication at low cost with long service life. Sensors include accelerometers,...

Existing systems for wildlife monitoring focus either on acquiring the location of animals via GPS or detecting their proximity wireless communication; integration two, remarkably increasing biological value data gathered, is hitherto unexplored. We offer this as our first contribution, embodied by WildScope system whose key functionality geo-referenced detection an animal to others landmarks. However, be truly useful biologists, in-field must complemented two elements, largely neglected...

Museums are both appealing and challenging as an environment for indoor positioning research. By nature, they dense rich in objects information, a result contain more information than visitor can absorb time-limited visit. Many research projects have explored the potential of novel technologies to support delivery museum visitors. Having accurate position is key factor success such projects. In spite numerous experimented with, there no prevailing technology. Each technology has its benefits...

Among the manifold wireless technologies recently adopted for indoor localization and tracking, radars based on phased-array transceivers at 60 GHz are gaining momentum. The main advantages of this technology are: high accuracy, good ability to track multiple target with a low computation burden preservation privacy. Despite growing commercial success low-cost radar platforms, accurate studies evaluate their tracking performance not frequent in literature, reasons being policies that prevent...

This paper presents experiments on a testbed based ultra-scalable switches realized using off-the-shelf optical and electronic components. The scalability of this switching architecture, direct outcome the deployment pipeline forwarding, results—in addition to much lower cost—in need for smaller amount components, and, consequently, power dissipation, which is key "greening" Internet. Although an all-optical architecture demonstrated, we reached conclusion that, given current state art,...

In order to achieve ultra scalable IP packet switching it is essential minimize "stopping" of the serial bit streams. our recent experimental work we demonstrated how this can be achieved with an ultra-scalable architecture reaching multi-terabits per second (10-100 Tb/s) in a single chassis. The implemented testbed uses only off-the-shelf optical and electronic components. scalability direct outcome global time (i.e., UTC - coordinated universal time) pipeline forwarding are utilized. paper...

Museums are both appealing and challenging as an environment for research with novel mobile technology. Over the years, quite a few projects explored potential of technologies to support information delivery museum visitors. Having accurate visitor position orientation is key factor in success offering interesting personalized experience Unlike outdoors positioning, spite numerous experimented with, there no prevailing indoor positioning solution. Each technology has its benefits well...

Flexible, distributed monitoring systems are essential to support decisions in a variety of contexts such as, for instance, vehicular traffic control, emergency evacuation plans, energy optimization services, pollutant detection or intelligent agriculture applications. In this paper, we present WSNAP, platform wireless sensor network (WSN) deployment. WSNAP relies on standard technologies, which enable users interact easily with different types sensors. Its main advantage is the ability be...

Future Internet traffic will be dominated by on-demand streaming media flows, such as IPTV, 3D/HD video, gaming, virtual reality, and many more. Consequently, future network architectures need to implement <b xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <i>scalable IP packet switching </i> </b> capable of offering <i>predictable performances</i> applications. Our recent experimental work demonstrated how an can implemented without "stopping" the...

An automatic diagnostic monitoring system can guarantee the safety and integrity of a historic building. In this paper, we describe long term application wireless sensor network (WSN) for permanent health in Torre Aquila, tower Trento, Italy. The consists accelerometers, thermometers fiber optic sensors (FOS) with customized modules dedicated software designed communication. whole was completed started operation September 2008, data from various nodes are collected continuously, save during...

Motivated by the preservation of an artistic treasure, fresco "Cycle Months" on second floor in historic tower, Torre Aquila, a wireless sensor network (WSN) has been developed and installed for permanent health monitoring. The monitoring scheme covers both static dynamic evaluation tower structural integrity from local to global scale consists 17 nodes, including 2 long length fiber optic sensors (FOS), 3 accelerometers 12 environmental nodes. system working 1.5 years debugged updated as...

This paper presents a system based on Internet of Things (IoT) platforms for energy-efficient Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) management. The proposed solution is modular, scalable it able to modulate the airflow in different building areas actual number occupants. can be monitored real-time with no privacy issues need involved prediction models. Currently, prototype used regulate ventilation compliance requirements EN Standard 16798:2017. first experimental results confirm...

Wireless technologies are increasingly adopted for indoor localisation and tracking. Among them, radars based on 60 GHz phased-array transceivers becoming a viable low-cost solution, which delivers high accuracy with low computational cost while preserving people privacy. In this paper, we propose two techniques radar-based tracking that tackle important effects such as delayed spurious detection. We also offer thorough scientifically sound experimental analysis of the performance proposed...

As data traffic on the Internet continues to grow exponentially, there is a real need solve switch bottleneck by developing ultra-scalable switching fabrics and their control. Although in recent years have been lot of efforts fabric scalability problem, optical domain, proposed solutions (very) expensive, complex (much) larger than electronic alternatives. In order increase coordinated universal time (UTC) based time-driven (TDS) proposed. This novel low-complexity architecture capitalizes...