Wearable Wireless Networks: Cross Layer Design and System Level Optimizations
Prof. Muhammad Mahtab Alam
Tallinn University of Technology
DEIB - Seminar Room
December 12th, 2017
9.00 am - 1.00 pm
Contacts:
Luca Reggiani
Research Line:
Information transmission
Tallinn University of Technology
DEIB - Seminar Room
December 12th, 2017
9.00 am - 1.00 pm
Contacts:
Luca Reggiani
Research Line:
Information transmission
Abstract
Interconnected internet of humans (IoH) is a new paradigm in which wearable wireless networks (WWN) are emerging as a key enabling technology. WWN is revolutionizing health-care, sports and fitness, rescue and emergency management, augmented reality, fashion, and many other applications. Wearable wireless networks composed of various types of devices such as sensors, actuator, coordinators, and gateways etc., to realize on-body, body-to-body (B2B) and off-body wireless communication. However, often these devices are severely constrained due to ultra-low power consumption; miniaturization, low processing and storage capabilities as well as low delay requirements, consequently, the reliability and quality-of-service of above-mentioned applications are very challenging. In particular, this seminar is emphasized on the impact of coarse-grain factors (such as dynamic and diverse mobility, radio-link and signal propagation, interference management, data dissemination schemes and routing approaches) that directly influence the communication performance in WWN in real-life applications.
The seminar will cover:
The seminar will cover:
- Introduction to WWN: applications, design specifications, architectures and standards.
- Cross layer design: joint PHY-MAC optimizations with radio-link and mobility modelling.
- Medium access control design and scheduling.
- Optimized Routing protocols for body area networks.
- Prototyping example: IoT-enabled wearable system for rescue and critical applications.
Short Bio
Muhammad Mahtab Alam received his M.Sc. and PhD degrees in 2007 and 2013 from Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark and University of Rennes1 and INRIA research center respectively. He did his post doctorate research in Qatar Foundation funded project “Critical and Rescue Operations using Wearable Wireless Sensor Networks” at Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (Jan. 2014 to Aug. 2016). Currently, since Sept. 2016, he is working as European Research Area Chair on Cognitive Electronics and Associate Professor in the Thomas Johann Seebeck Department of Electronics at Tallinn University of Technology. His research interests are in fields of self-organized and self-adaptive wireless sensor and body area networks specific to energy efficient communication protocols and accurate energy modeling, Internet-of-things, public safety networks, embedded systems, digital signal processing and software defined radio. He is author and co-author of more than 30 research publications.