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MWI’s current interests lie at the crossroads between 5G and IoT, and their main areas of expertise include:
Wireless technologies for constrained devices, e.g. WSNs and LPWANs.
Application of wireless technologies to indoor positioning.
High capacity wireless networks based on IEEE 802.11 and 3GPP.
V2X communications.
MWI’s work spans from the physical design of embedded systems to driver level optimizations of broadband wireless technologies based on IEEE 802.11, software defined networking, and development of V2X applications. Among the main market sectors impacted by MWI we find: Smart Cities, Smart Buildings, Smart Factories and Mobile Networks.
The goal of the IoT research line is to integrate internet capabilities into devices constrained in terms of energy, computing, storage and communications in order to provide connectivity for the next billion devices.
Radio wake-up Systems
6LowPAN, CoAP, ZigBee, Z-Wave, BLE, RFID, Ultra Wide Band (UWB), BT mesh
LP-WAN (LoRa, NB-IoT, SIGFOX, NB-IoT)
Optical Camera Communications, Visible Light Positioning
Smart Cities (smart lighting, smart mobility, smart energy)
Industry 4.0 (logistics, positioning)
Automation and domotics for smart buildings
Mobile Payment systems
The goal of this research line is to design algorithms and protocols that lay the foundation of 5G networks, allowing to provide the wireless capacity required to cope with the forecasted increase of demand on mobile connectivity. The group focuses on experimental improvements of systems based on IEEE 802.11 radios and SDN technology.
IEEE 802.11 technologies (Sub6 and mm-wave)
LTE (based on OpenAirInterface)
SDN (openvswitch, OpenDayLight, NETCONF)
Linuxwireless stack
Bare Metal Wi-Fi
Optical Camera Communications, Visible Light Positioning
Wireless backhauling supporting e.g. Small Cells, surveillance
Neutral Small Cell operators
High density venues (e.g. stadium, concert)
Smart City Wi-Fi
Mobile Payment systems
The goal of this research line is to design algorithms and applications enabling the future connected and autonomous cars. The group expertise lies in the wireless technologies powering V2X, namely 802.11p and C-V2X, combined with practical knowledge of the facilities offered by the ETSI-G5 stack.
| IEEE 802.11p LTE Release 14 C-V2X ETSI-G5 | Cohda MK5 Outdoor localisation with lane precision OMNET/SUMO simulators |
Safety services including position awareness and interaction with traffic lights
Smart road infrastructure to support vulnerable road users (pedestrians, bikes)
