A low power software-defined-radio baseband processor for the Internet of Things

Author(s):  
Yajing Chen ◽  
Shengshuo Lu ◽  
Hun-Seok Kim ◽  
David Blaauw ◽  
Ronald G. Dreslinski ◽  
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Technologies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Eljona Zanaj ◽  
Giuseppe Caso ◽  
Luca De Nardis ◽  
Alireza Mohammadpour ◽  
Özgü Alay ◽  
...  

In the last years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as a key application context in the design and evolution of technologies in the transition toward a 5G ecosystem. More and more IoT technologies have entered the market and represent important enablers in the deployment of networks of interconnected devices. As network and spatial device densities grow, energy efficiency and consumption are becoming an important aspect in analyzing the performance and suitability of different technologies. In this framework, this survey presents an extensive review of IoT technologies, including both Low-Power Short-Area Networks (LPSANs) and Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWANs), from the perspective of energy efficiency and power consumption. Existing consumption models and energy efficiency mechanisms are categorized, analyzed and discussed, in order to highlight the main trends proposed in literature and standards toward achieving energy-efficient IoT networks. Current limitations and open challenges are also discussed, aiming at highlighting new possible research directions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Vangelista ◽  
Marco Centenaro

The low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) paradigm is gradually gaining market acceptance. In particular, three prominent LPWAN technologies are emerging at the moment: LoRaWAN™ and SigFox™, which operate on unlicensed frequency bands, and NB-IoT, operating on licensed frequency bands. This paper deals with LoRaWAN™, and has the aim of describing a particularly interesting feature provided by the latest LoRaWAN™ specification—often neglected in the literature—i.e., the roaming capability between different operators of LoRaWAN™ networks, across the same country or even different countries. Recalling that LoRaWAN™ devices do not have a subscriber identification module (SIM) like cellular network terminals, at a first glance the implementation of roaming in LoRaWAN™ networks could seem intricate. The contribution of this paper consists in explaining the principles behind the implementation of a global LoRaWAN network, with particular focus on how to cope with the lack of the SIM in the architecture and how to realize roaming.


Author(s):  
Adam Dunkels ◽  
Joakim Eriksson ◽  
Niclas Finne ◽  
Fredrik Osterlind ◽  
Nicolas Tsiftes ◽  
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Author(s):  
Yaarob Al-Nidawi ◽  
Mahmood Zaki Abdullah

The integration of low-power devices in different aspects of life has increased the challenges of mitigating the impact of the heterogeneity of different related technologies. Accordingly, the Internet of Things context is an umbrella that diffuses different proprietary protocols into standardized forms to overcome the heterogeneity problem. The recent IEEE 1609.2-2016 standard is tackling the issue of wireless access security in the vehicular environment. An obstacle arose by which Internet of Things-based, low-power devices are integrated into the Internet of Vehicles cloud. In turn, the overhead of Internet of Vehicles-based protocols must be analyzed regarding the adaptability of low-power devices in the vehicular environment. This paper investigates the burden of the IEEE 1609.2 security stack on Internet of Things-based, limited-capability devices and defines the possible approaches to incorporate these low-power devices within the vehicular network under the IEEE 1609.2 standard. The proposed methodology, through the conducted simulations, demonstrates low security overhead with a 40% reduction in consumed energy over the default WAVE stack. In addition, the results show that including low-power devices within the Internet of Vehicles paradigm is possible, but still more enhancements and contributions are required to minimize the overhead of the WAVE security stack.


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