Sensor systems: a hierarchical approach

The concept of a reference model has been well known in the communications industry for many years. This has provided clearly defined layers and interface standards which allow different organisations and across the industry to develop products independent of each other in the knowledge that their products will function correctly within the greater system. With the move towards massively parallel sensor systems networks, a similar approach needs to be adopted in order to permit concurrent developments in sensor networks. This paper summarises the need for such a reference model, and proposes a reference model applicable to sensor system

Analysing the IoT Ecosystem: the Barriers to Commercial Traction

The Internet of Things (IoT) has come to mean all things to all people. Combined with the huge amount of interest and investment into this emerging opportunity, there is a real possibility that the arising confusion will hamper adoption by the mass market. This paper proposes a phased model of the IoT ecosystem development, starting with infrastructure establishment, and culminating in exploitation through the creation of new companies and business models. It does not attempt to quantify the emerging opportunities, relying instead on the many publications dedicated to detailed market analysis. The focus is to place the opportunities in context, demonstrate the importance of sensor system technology underpinning the emerging IoT revolution, and suggests areas where Europe can establish a leadership position. Throughout the paper, examples of the likely protagonists have been used by way of illustration

The IoT Tree of Life

The Internet of Things (IoT) has come to mean all things to all people. Combined with the huge amount of interest and investment into this emerging opportunity, there is a real possibility that the arising confusion will hamper adoption by the mass market. The SILC team have used their extensive Sensor Systems market and technical knowledge in an attempt to clarify the situation for individuals interested in understanding IoT, and the underpinning role of Sensor Systems. This paper proposes a phased model of the IoT ecosystem, starting with infrastructure establishment, and culminating in exploitation through the creation of new companies and business models. It does not attempt to quantify the emerging opportunities, relying instead on the many publications dedicated to detailed market analysis. The focus is to place the opportunities in context, demonstrate the importance of sensor system technology underpinning the emerging IoT revolution, and suggests areas where the UK could establish leadership positions. Throughout the paper, examples of the likely protagonists have been used by way of illustration

The Importance of Sensors to the Internet of Things

The excitement and hype surrounding the emerging technology market known as the Internet of Things (IoT) has attracted a great deal of attention from industry, business leaders, and governments alike. According to Cisco estimates1, the IoT will create a $14 Trillion global opportunity, and Business Insider predict it will be the largest market for technology hardware ever 2. If these are correct, the impact on traditional business models through the adoption of new technology within industry, the service sector and governments will be transformational. At an individual and societal level, important areas such as health care and aging population will particularly benefit from IoT. The changes on tomorrow’s society can only be imagined but there is little doubt, whether individually, societally, economically, or industrially, these changes will be far reaching. However, the promise of future riches can fool the unwary into overlooking the jewels that already exist which are delivering benefit to the UK economy today; whose presence will be pivotal to the UK’s position in the IoT market of tomorrow. In the SILC white paper ‘The IoT Tree of Life’3, the 4 foundation roots from which the IoT will develop are: Low Power Processing, Miniature Sensors, Ubiquitous Wireless, and Power Efficiency. This briefing paper explores Sensor Systems, the ‘eyes and ears’ of the IoT, and elucidates how the existing UK strengths in this area can be leveraged to deliver competitive advantage to the UK economy in the emerging IoT market

Analysing the IoT Ecosystem: the Barriers to Commercial Traction

The Internet of Things (IoT) has come to mean all things to all people. Combined with the huge amount of interest and investment into this emerging opportunity, there is a real possibility that the arising confusion will hamper adoption by the mass market. This paper proposes a phased model of the IoT ecosystem development, starting with infrastructure establishment, and culminating in exploitation through the creation of new companies and business models. It does not attempt to quantify the emerging opportunities, relying instead on the many publications dedicated to detailed market analysis. The focus is to place the opportunities in context, demonstrate the importance of sensor system technology underpinning the emerging IoT revolution, and suggests areas where Europe can establish a leadership position. Throughout the paper, examples of the likely protagonists have been used by way of illustration

Sensor systems: a hierarchical approach

The concept of a reference model has been well known in the communications industry for many years. This has provided clearly defined layers and interface standards which allow different organisations and across the industry to develop products independent of each other in the knowledge that their products will function correctly within the greater system. With the move towards massively parallel sensor systems networks, a similar approach needs to be adopted in order to permit concurrent developments in sensor networks. This paper summarises the need for such a reference model, and proposes a reference model applicable to sensor system

The Importance of Sensors to the Internet of Things

The excitement and hype surrounding the emerging technology market known as the Internet of Things (IoT) has attracted a great deal of attention from industry, business leaders, and governments alike. According to Cisco estimates1, the IoT will create a $14 Trillion global opportunity, and Business Insider predict it will be the largest market for technology hardware ever 2. If these are correct, the impact on traditional business models through the adoption of new technology within industry, the service sector and governments will be transformational. At an individual and societal level, important areas such as health care and aging population will particularly benefit from IoT. The changes on tomorrow’s society can only be imagined but there is little doubt, whether individually, societally, economically, or industrially, these changes will be far reaching. However, the promise of future riches can fool the unwary into overlooking the jewels that already exist which are delivering benefit to the UK economy today; whose presence will be pivotal to the UK’s position in the IoT market of tomorrow. In the SILC white paper ‘The IoT Tree of Life’3, the 4 foundation roots from which the IoT will develop are: Low Power Processing, Miniature Sensors, Ubiquitous Wireless, and Power Efficiency. This briefing paper explores Sensor Systems, the ‘eyes and ears’ of the IoT, and elucidates how the existing UK strengths in this area can be leveraged to deliver competitive advantage to the UK economy in the emerging IoT market

Ultra-Wideband Antenna

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25 years of network access technologies: from voice to internet; the changing face of telecommunications

This work contributes to knowledge in the field of semiconductor system architectures, circuit design and implementation, and communications protocols. The work starts by describing the challenges of interfacing legacy analogue subscriber loops to an electronic circuit contained within the Central Office (Telephone Exchange) building. It then moves on to describe the globalisation of the telecom network, the demand for software programmable devices to enable system customisation cost effectively, and the creation of circuit and system blocks to realise this. The work culminates in the application challenges of developing a wireless RF front end, including antenna, for an Ultra Wideband communications systems applications. This thesis illustrates how higher levels of integration over the period of 1981 to 2010 have influenced the realisation of complex system level products, particularly analogue signal processing capabilities for communications applications. There have been many publications illustrating the impact of technology advancement from an economic or technology perspective. The thesis shows how technology advancement has impacted the physical realisation of semiconductor products over the period, at system, circuit, and physical implementation levels

Clustering Algorithm in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks: A Brief Summary

An Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) application requires vehicles to be connected to each other and to roadside units to share information, thus reducing fatalities and improving traffic congestion. Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) is one of the main forms of network designed for ITS in which information is broadcasted amongst vehicular nodes. However, the broadcast reliability in VANETs face a number of challenges - dynamic routing being one of the major issues. Clustering, a technique used to group nodes based on certain criteria, has been suggested as a solution to this problem. This paper gives a summary of the core criteria of some of the clustering algorithms issues along with a performance comparison and a development evolution roadmap, in an attempt to understand and differentiate different aspects of the current research and suggest future research insights