Flexible Multimodal Sub-Gigahertz Communication for Heterogeneous Internet of Things Applications
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- Jeroen Famaey (UGent) , Rafael Berkvens, Glenn Ergeerts, Eli De Poorter (UGent) , Floris Van den Abeele (UGent) , Tomas Bolckmans, Jeroen Hoebeke (UGent) and Maarten Weyn
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- To realize low-power and low-cost wireless communication over long distances, several wireless standards using sub-1 GHz frequencies have recently been proposed, each with their own strengths and weaknesses in terms of coverage, energy consumption, and throughput. However, none of them are currently flexible enough to satisfy the requirements of future dynamic and heterogeneous IoT applications. To alleviate this, a novel architecture that uses a multimodal device for flexibly employing a variety of heterogeneous sub-1 GHz wireless networks is proposed. It greatly increases network flexibility, resilience, and performance. A device design is presented together with an abstraction layer that combines the different networks into a single flexible virtual network substrate. The article elaborates on the qualitative advantages of this approach. Measurement-based simulation results show advantages in terms of energy efficiency, with significant reduction in energy use compared to a single-technology solution in a representative IoT track and trace scenario. Finally, the article identifies several open research challenges that need to be resolved to fully realize this vision of flexible multimodal communication for demanding IoT applications.
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- NETWORKS, STANDARDIZATION
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8572972
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- Famaey, Jeroen, et al. “Flexible Multimodal Sub-Gigahertz Communication for Heterogeneous Internet of Things Applications.” IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE, vol. 56, no. 7, Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc, 2018, pp. 146–53, doi:10.1109/MCOM.2018.1700655.
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- Famaey, J., Berkvens, R., Ergeerts, G., De Poorter, E., Van den Abeele, F., Bolckmans, T., … Weyn, M. (2018). Flexible Multimodal Sub-Gigahertz Communication for Heterogeneous Internet of Things Applications. IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE, 56(7), 146–153. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2018.1700655
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- Famaey, Jeroen, Rafael Berkvens, Glenn Ergeerts, Eli De Poorter, Floris Van den Abeele, Tomas Bolckmans, Jeroen Hoebeke, and Maarten Weyn. 2018. “Flexible Multimodal Sub-Gigahertz Communication for Heterogeneous Internet of Things Applications.” IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE 56 (7): 146–53. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2018.1700655.
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- Famaey, Jeroen, Rafael Berkvens, Glenn Ergeerts, Eli De Poorter, Floris Van den Abeele, Tomas Bolckmans, Jeroen Hoebeke, and Maarten Weyn. 2018. “Flexible Multimodal Sub-Gigahertz Communication for Heterogeneous Internet of Things Applications.” IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE 56 (7): 146–153. doi:10.1109/MCOM.2018.1700655.
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- 1.Famaey J, Berkvens R, Ergeerts G, De Poorter E, Van den Abeele F, Bolckmans T, et al. Flexible Multimodal Sub-Gigahertz Communication for Heterogeneous Internet of Things Applications. IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE. 2018;56(7):146–53.
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- [1]J. Famaey et al., “Flexible Multimodal Sub-Gigahertz Communication for Heterogeneous Internet of Things Applications,” IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE, vol. 56, no. 7, pp. 146–153, 2018.
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author = {{Famaey, Jeroen and Berkvens, Rafael and Ergeerts, Glenn and De Poorter, Eli and Van den Abeele, Floris and Bolckmans, Tomas and Hoebeke, Jeroen and Weyn, Maarten}},
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journal = {{IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE}},
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language = {{eng}},
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title = {{Flexible Multimodal Sub-Gigahertz Communication for Heterogeneous Internet of Things Applications}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2018.1700655}},
volume = {{56}},
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