Bluetooth Mesh technology can be used to realize heterogeneous IoT networks, consisting of a smart lighting backbone augmented with sensor-based applications. It offers many configuration options to adhere to the diverse application requirements and ...

Compatibility and wide availability of WLAN make its integration with 3GPP-based networks (LTE, 5G), the most cost efficient solution to meet high service demands and ubiquitous radio coverage. In a heterogeneous network, seamless mobility, provisioning ...

In this paper, we investigate and present how to generate application traces of IoT (Internet of Things) Applications in an automated, repeatable and reproducible manner. By using the FIT IoT-Lab large scale testbed and relying on state-of-the-art ...

Ray tracing based propagation models are suited to simulate wireless networks in complex environments and can stand in for physical measurements if they are inaccessible. However, due to the associated computational cost, engineers have to trade off the ...

Accurate evaluation of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is increasingly challenging due to precise physical requirements and application-specific algorithmic demands at the same time. In our previous research, we have already demonstrated various ...

While LTE networks are known to provide relatively high data rates (on the order of tens of Mbps), these rates exhibit high variability with time. This harms the performance of applications and services requiring stable data rates, such as real-time ...

As the amount of recorded and stored videos on mobile devices increase, efficient techniques for searching video content become more and more important, especially for applications like searching for the moment of crime or other specific actions. When a ...

Convolutional neural network (CNN)-based object detection is a key technology to enable autonomous mobile vision applications on mobile end devices such as smart phones and drones. With the advance of edge computing technology, a prevalent solution is ...

Providing a high-quality real-time video streaming experience to mobile users is one of the biggest challenges in cellular networks. This is due to the need of these services for high rates with low variability, which is not easy to accomplish given the ...

Massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC) are one of the service types supported by 5G. These are characterized by the need to serve a large number of devices that have only sporadic traffic and which have low-energy consumption. While the non-...

We address the routing optimization problem in Software-Defined Networks (SDN) to minimize the energy consumption while satisfying multiple QoS constraints of network services. In this paper, we: 1) formally define the problem of routing optimization in ...

Recent developments in the Internet infrastructure have enabled new classes of real-time applications that strictly require low end-to-end data delivery latency. While many radio technologies offer millisecond-grade transmission latency, guaranteeing ...

Tactile Internet (TI) refers to the transmission of touch and the real-time control of applications like the remote control for teleoperation of machines, drones or vehicles. Traditional TCP and UDP protocols are not suitable for these applications, ...

The traffic characteristics over the road network vary from a country to another. The geometric parameters of the designed roads and the driving habits and behavior represent the main factors in this aspect. The traffic volume, traffic speed, traffic ...

Data prefetching at fog nodes that significantly reduces latency is critical for video streaming applications. In the framework of dynamic video streaming over fog, some segments (parts of video) can be prefetched by the network provider. Sharing the ...

Mobile IoT-based augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) applications are gained increased attention by providing immersive experiences for applications in different domains. In such applications, live video streaming will be processed in a real-time manner ...