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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 Monitoring and Analytics (electrosense.org)
- 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
Alumni
Roberto Calvo
PhD student and Postdoctoral Researcher
Current Position: Assistant Professor at URJC, Spain
Maurizio Rea
PhD student and Postdoctoral Researcher
Current Position: Senior Researcher at i2cat, Spain.
Ander Galisteo
PhD student
Current Position: Dojo Five: The Embedded Experts. St. Paul, Minnesota. USA
Aymen Fakhreddine
PhD student
Current Position: Senior Researcher at Technology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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
SOMIRO
Soft Milli-robots
Financed by: European Union H2020-ICT-2020-2 (Information and Communication Technology) Grant
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
TAPIR-CM
Advanced techniques to enhance the intelligence of 5G networks
Financed by: Department of Education and Research of the Regional Government of Madrid, through the 2018 R&D technology program for research groups, co-financed by the Operational Programs of the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
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Armasuisse-BigLocator
Big Data-based Positioning of Rogue Transmitters
Financed by: Armasuisse - Science and Technology
C
CONTACT-CM
Contact Tracing with 5G and Beyond Networks
Financed by: Comunidad de Madrid and the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
LOCUS
LOCalization and analytics on-demand embedded in the 5G ecosystem, for Ubiquitous vertical applicationS
Financed by: European Union H2020-ICT-2018-2020 (Information and Communication Technology) Grant
Previous projects
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
OpenVLC: Software-Defined Open Architecture for Embedded Visible Light Networks (Demo)
The 1st ACM Workshop on Visible Light Communication Systems, The 20th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom 2014). Maui, Hawaii, USA. September 2014
OpenVLC: Software-Defined Visible Light Embedded Networks
The 1st ACM Workshop on Visible Light Communication Systems, The 20th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MobiCom 2014). Maui, Hawaii, USA. September 2014
Routing in a Fleet of Micro Aerial Vehicles: FirstExperimental Insights (Invited Paper)
The 3rd ACM Workshop on Airborne Networks and Communications, The 15th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (ACM MobiHoc 2014). Philadelphia, PA, USA. August 2014
HyCloud: A system for device-to-device contentdistribution controlled by the cloud
The 15th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (IEEE WoWMoM 2014). Sydney, Australia. June 2014
Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks: An Experimental Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities
IEEE Communications Magazine. IEEE Communications Society. ISSN: 0163-6804. June 2014
Enabling Next Generation Airborne Communications [Guest Editorial]
IEEE Communications Magazine. 10.1109/MCOM.2014.6815899. Volume 52 , IEEE Communications Society. ISSN: 0163-6804. May 2014
Poster abstract: Practical Limits of WiFi Time-of-Flight Echo Techniques (Other)
The 13th ACM IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN 2014). Berlin, Germany. April 2014
WINS: Tracking of Mobile Devices with WiFi Time-Of-Flight (Demo)
The 13th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in sensor Networks - Microsoft Indoor Localization Competition (IPSN 2014). Berlin, Germany. April 2014
Detection of Reactive Jamming in DSSS-based Wireless Communications
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2013.013014.131037. Volume 13 , IEEE. ISSN: 1536-1276. March 2014
VLC: State of the Art and Challenges (Invited Talk)
Class “Visible Light Communication” on Uppsala University. Uppsala, Sweden. November 2013
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