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The use of wearable and mobile devices for health monitoring and activity recognition applications is increasing rapidly. These devices need to maximize their accuracy and active time under a tight energy budget imposed by battery and small…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-25 Ganapati Bhat , Kunal Bagewadi , Hyung Gyu Lee , Umit Y. Ogras

A major challenge that is currently faced in the design of applications for the Internet of Things (IoT) concerns with the optimal use of available energy resources given the battery lifetime of the IoT devices. The challenge is derived…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-04 Alexios Lekidis , Panagiotis Katsaros

Towards realizing an intelligent networked society, enabling low-cost low-energy connectivity for things, also known as Internet of Things (IoT), is of crucial importance. While the existing wireless access networks require centralized…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-05 Amin Azari , Mahmoud Abbasi

In this work, we develop an optimal water heater control method for a smart home environment. It is important to notice that unlike battery storage systems, energy flow in a water heater control system is not reversible. In order to…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Christoph Passenberg , Dominik Meyer , Johannes Feldmaier , Hao Shen

Buildings consume 60% of global electricity. However, current building management systems (BMSs) are highly expensive and difficult to justify for small to medium-sized buildings. As such, the Internet of Things (IoT), which can monitor and…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-05-29 Wayes Tushar , Nipun Wijerathne , Wen-Tai Li , Chau Yuen , H. Vincent Poor , Tapan Kumar Saha , Kristin L. Wood

The efficient deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) over cellular networks, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) or the next generation 5G, entails several challenges. For massive IoT, reducing the energy consumption on the device side…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-07-18 Pilar Andres-Maldonado , Pablo Ameigeiras , Jonathan Prados-Garzon , Juan J. Ramos-Munoz , Juan M. Lopez-Soler

The Internet of Things (IoT) brings connectivity to a massive number of devices that demand energy-efficient solutions to deal with limited battery capacities, uplink-dominant traffic, and channel impairments. In this work, we explore the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-02-08 Osmel Martínez Rosabal , Onel Alcaraz López , Dian Echevarría Pérez , Mohammad Shehab , Henrique Hilleshein , Hirley Alves

With the rapid development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, intelligent systems are increasingly integrating into everyday life and people's homes. However, the proliferation of these technologies raises concerns about the security…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-16 Zainab Alwaisi , Simone Soderi , Rocco De Nicola

Although the emergence of 6G IoT networks has accelerated the deployment of enhanced smart city services, the resource limitations of IoT devices remain as a significant problem. Given this limitation, meeting the low-latency service…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Kubra Duran , Lal Verda Cakir , Sana Ullah Jan , Kerem Gursu , Berk Canberk

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a pervasive presence of interconnected and uniquely identifiable physical devices. These devices' goal is to gather data and drive actions in order to improve productivity, and ultimately reduce or…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-02-22 Tosiron Adegbija , Anita Rogacs , Chandrakant Patel , Ann Gordon-Ross

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the science of connecting multiple devices that coordinate to provide the service in question. IoT environments are complex, dynamic, rapidly changing and resource constrained. Therefore, proactively adapting…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-09-26 Asmaa Achtaich , Nissrine Souissi , Raul Mazo , Camille Salinesi , Ounsa Roudies

Internet of things (IoT) is a revolutionizing technology which aims to create an ecosystem of connected objects and embedded devices and provide ubiquitous connectivity between trillions of not only smart devices but also simple sensors and…

The Internet of Things (IoT) describes a network infrastructure of identifiable things that share data through the Internet. A smart home is one of the applications for the Internet of Things. In a smart home, household appliances could be…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-09-14 Rihab Fahd Al-Mutawa , Fathy Albouraey Eassa

Today's IoT devices rely on batteries, which offer stable energy storage but contain harmful chemicals. Having billions of IoT devices powered by batteries is not sustainable for the future. As an alternative, batteryless devices run on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-09 Carmen Delgado , Jeroen Famaey

Internet of Things (IoT) applications combine sensing, wireless communication, intelligence, and actuation, enabling the interaction among heterogeneous devices that collect and process considerable amounts of data. However, the…

A Smart Home provides integrating and electronic information services to help residential users manage their energy usage and bill cost but also exposes users to significant privacy risks due to fine-grained information collected by smart…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-09-13 Boyang Li , Jie Wu , Yiyu Shi

Electricity forms the backbone of the modern world but increasing energy demand with the growth of urban areas in recent decades has overwhelmed the current power grid ecosystem. So, there is a need to move towards a more efficient and…

University campuses are essentially a microcosm of a city. They comprise diverse facilities such as residences, sport centres, lecture theatres, parking spaces, and public transport stops. Universities are under constant pressure to improve…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-11-09 Thanchanok Sutjarittham

This paper describes the design, implementation, and user evaluation of an IoT project focused on monitoring and management of user comfort and energy usage in office buildings. The objective is to depict an instructive use case and to…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-11-04 Milan Milenkovic

The emerging Internet of Things (IoT) has lead to a dramatic increase in type, quantity, and the number of functions that can be offered in a smart environment. Future smart environments will be even richer in terms of the number of devices…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-04-16 Mohammed Al-Shaboti , Aaron Chen , Ian Welch