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Welcome to the Pervasive Wireless Systems Group. The group is led by Dr. Domenico Giustiniano. The group investigates novel system solutions for the next generation of pervasive wireless systems. The main objective is to create impact, publishing in top system conferences, and transferring the results to the society. The current main areas of research are:
- Battery-free IoT Networks (including LiFi research, openvlc.org)
- Large-scale Spectrum Analytics
- 5G and Beyond Localization Systems
What’s new!
Video report in Telemundo News
Telemundo visited IMDEA Networks to learn more about ENLIGHT’EM project and our latest results with the participation of Sarmad Mir and Dayrene Frometa. We introduced them a method to communicate on mobile devices without batteries.
Protecting the Spectrum Users with Internet of Things
the SOCRATES project concluded successfully at the end of October 2021, experimentally showing that a novel Internet of Things network can be used to protect the spectrum, identifying and localizing unauthorized transmissions. The final workshop took place in Leuven, on the 29th of October 2021, with the participation of project members and Dr. Claudio Palestini from SPS NATO. The workshop presented the main achievements of the projects as well as the final demonstrator.
Wireless communication devices without batteries?
The Pervasive Wireless Systems Group has presented important advances in the creation of sustainable wireless communication systems. This represents a new step towards making battery-free devices a reality, through the convergence of two emerging technologies: LiFi and radio frequency (RF) backscatter. Potential applications include smart homes, smart cities, and smart agriculture.
Team
Scientific Direction
Research
Research Engineering & Support
Admin
Former Postdocs
Dr. Borja Genovés
PhD student and Postdoctoral Researcher
Current Position: MSCA Fellow at Virginia University, USA / UC3M, Spain.
Dr. Roberto Calvo
Postdoctoral Researcher
Current Position: Assistant Professor at URJC, Spain
Dr. Maurizio Rea
Postdoctoral Researcher
Current Position: Senior Researcher at i2cat, Spain.
Dr. Danilo de Donno
Postdoctoral Researcher
Current Position: Senior Wireless System Engineer at Huawei, Italy
Alumni
Roberto Calvo
PhD student
Current Position: Assistant Professor at URJC, Spain
Maurizio Rea
PhD student
Current Position: Project Manager at ICT consulting, Italy
Ander Galisteo
PhD student
Current Position: Dojo Five: The Embedded Experts. St. Paul, Minnesota. USA
Aymen Fakhreddine
PhD student
Current Position: Double affiliation – Senior Researcher at Technology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / University of Klagenfurt, Austria.
Qing Wang
PhD student
Current Position: Assistant Professor at TU Delft, Netherlands
Projects
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MAP-6G
Machine Learning-based Privacy Preserving Analytics for 6G Mobile Networks
Financed by: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, European Union NextGeneration-EU
R
RISC-6G
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces and Low-power Technologies for Communication and Sensing in 6G Mobile Networks
Financed by: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, European Union NextGeneration-EU
ENLIGHT’EM
European Training Network in Low-energy Visible Light IoT Systems
Financed by: European Union H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018 (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks) Grant
SOMIRO
Soft Milli-robots
Financed by: European Union H2020-ICT-2020-2 (Information and Communication Technology) Grant
Previous projects
TAPIR-CM
Advanced techniques to enhance the intelligence of 5G networks
Armasuisse-BigLocator
Big Data-based Positioning of Rogue Transmitters
CONTACT-CM
Contact Tracing with 5G and Beyond Networks
LOCUS
LOCalization and analytics on-demand embedded in the 5G ecosystem, for Ubiquitous vertical applicationS
PinPoint 5G+
Accurate, Pervasive and Low-Latency Positioning to Innovate 5G Networks and Beyond
Armasuisse -TecLoch
Technology Classification and Localization of Anomalies in the Spectrum
MYP-SOCRATES
Large Scale Collaborative Detection and Location of Threats in the Electromagnetic Space
Armasuisse - CompPos
Armasuisse - SPECTRUMCOP PROGRAM: LOCATE IT
Armasuisse - SPECTRUMCOP PROGRAM: SpecScale
Technologies for Collaborative Detection of Spectrum Anomalies
Armasuisse- SPECTRUMCOP PROGRAM: MONTEBIANCO
Technologies for Collaborative Detection of Spectrum Anomalies
Location-aware MAC scheduling in Mobile and Dense Networks
Location-aware MAC programming in dense and mobile networks
Armasuisse - SPECTRUMCOP PROGRAM: SPECTRUMCOP II
Technologies for Collaborative Detection of Spectrum Anomalies
Flex5Gware
Flexible and efficient hardware/software platforms for 5G network elements and devices
Armasuisse - SPECTRUMCOP PROGRAM: SPECTRUMCOP I
Technologies for Collaborative Detection of Spectrum Anomalies
Armasuisse - MATISSE
Pervasive Mobile Location and Spectrum Sensing Systems
WIRELESS NETWORK DEPLOYMENT AND Wi-Fi BASED INDOOR LOCALIZATION
OPPORTUNISTIC TIMING SIGNALS FOR PERVASIVE MOBILE LOCATION
SWARMIX
Synergistic Interactions in Swarms of Heterogeneous Agents
Publications
LeakageScatter: Backscattering LiFi-leaked RF Signals
Muhammad Sarmad Mir, Minhao Cui, Borja Genovés Guzmán, Qing Wang, Jie Xiong, Domenico Giustiniano
International Symposium on Theory, Algorithmic Foundations, and Protocol Design for Mobile Networks and Mobile Computing. Washington, USA. October 2023
SkyPos: Real-world evaluation of self-positioning with aircraft signals for IoT devices (Accepted for publication)
Yago Lizarribar, Domenico Giustiniano, Gerome Bovet, Vincent Lenders
Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC). IEEE. August 2023
Rethinking LiFi for Carbon Neutral Sunlight-based Communication
Javier Talavante, Borja Genovés Guzmán, Domenico Giustiniano
Mediterranean Communication and Computer Networking Conference. Ponza, Italy. June 2023
From Experiments to Insights: A Journey in 5G New Radio Localization
Ivan Palamà, Giuseppe Santaromita, Yago Lizarribar, Lorenzo Maria Monteforte, Stefania Bartoletti, Domenico Giustiniano, Giuseppe Bianchi, Nicola Blefari Melazzi
Mediterranean Communication and Computer Networking Conference. Ponza, Italy. June 2023
A Simulation Tool for Interference Analysis in MIMO Wavelength Division LiFi Indoor Networks
Giovanni Luca Martena, Janis Sperga, Dayrene Frómeta, Rui Bian, Borja Genovés Guzmán, Mohamed Sufyan Islim, John Kosman, Harald Haas
IEEE International Conference on Communications - Workshop on Industrial Private 5G-and-beyond Wireless Network. Rome, Italy. May 2023
Prototyping Visible Light Communication for the Internet of Things Using OpenVLC
Borja Genovés Guzmán, Muhammad Sarmad Mir, Dayrene Frómeta, Ander Galisteo, Qing Wang, Domenico Giustiniano
IEEE Communications Magazine. IEEE. May 2023
A Framework for Wireless Technology Classification using Crowdsensing Platforms
Alessio Scalingi, Domenico Giustiniano, Roberto Calvo-Palomino, Nikolaos Apostolakis, Gerome Bovet
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications. New York, United States. May 2023
Towards sustainable greenhouses using battery-free LiFi-enabled Internet of Things
Borja Genovés Guzmán, Javier Talavante, Dayrene Frómeta, Muhammad Sarmad Mir, Domenico Giustiniano, Katia Obraczka, Michael E. Loik, Sylvie Childress, Darryl G. Wong
IEEE Communications Magazine. 10.1109/MCOM.001.2200489. IEEE. May 2023
TunnelLiFi: Bringing LiFi to Commodity Internet of Things Devices
Muhammad Sarmad Mir, Wenqing Yan, Prabal Dutta, Domenico Giustiniano, Ambuj Varshney
Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications. Orange County, California, USA.. February 2023
Visible Light or Infrared? Modulating LiFi for Dual Operation in the Visible and Infrared Spectra
Dayrene Frómeta, Muhammad Sarmad Mir, Borja Genovés Guzmán, Domenico Giustiniano
IEEE Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services. Madonna di Campiglio, Italy. January 2023
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Infrastructure
The group owns several USRP B210s and N310s, used for 5G localization, spectrum sensing and LiFi infrastructure. It owns an experimental testbed for Wi-Fi indoor localization based on Time-of-Flight ranging and several Soekris boards operating as network infrastructure, being used also in indoor localization competitions, as well as FitLet 2 with Intel8260 chipset access points. Training of deep learning algorithms for spectrum sensing are performed using GPU NVIDIA RTX2080Ti.NUC i5 and NUC i7 boards are used for several activities of the group, such as controlling outdoor spectrum sensors and LiFi infrastructure. The LiFi lab unit of the group includes several OpenVLC boards, it hosts different testbeds based on a large number of OpenVLC boards, moved through the OpenBuilds Acro Systems, and has the software and laboratory equipment to develop new versions and extensions of OpenVLC boards such as Agilent 3000 X-series oscilloscope. Finally, the group has an FPC1000 Spectrum Analyzer of Rohde&Schwarz that goes from 5kHz to 3GHz. It may be used transversally to all projects in the group to analyze RF emissions at different bands.
Contact
- Group leader: Domenico Giustiniano
- Email: domenico.giustiniano@imdea.org
- Contact phone: +34 914 816 970
- Fax: 3491481696
Office & Postal Address
- IMDEA Networks Institute
- Avda. del Mar Mediterraneo, 22
- 28918 Leganes (Madrid)
- SPAIN