The course covers mobile and cyber-physical systems by providing an overview of issues, solutions, architectures, technologies and standards. It offers to the students an overall, coherent view of the organization of internet of things (IoT) systems, from the networking and sensing levels to the applications. Specifically, it shows how mobile, heterogeneous elements (from low-end sensors to high-end devices) form pervasive networks integrated in the internet and how they interact among themselves and with the surrounding physical world.The course is organized in three parts. The first part (3 CFU) introduces the principles of wireless communications and network architectures for mobility management. The second part (4 CFU) presents the foundations of signal processing and sensing and discusses the applications of sensor networks. The third part (2 CFU) provides an overview of the main standards and platforms of the IoT.
• Foundations of wireless technologies and mobility management (3 CFU)
5G mobile, ad hoc networks, mobile social networks, IEEE 802.x standards
• Cyber-physical systems (4 CFU)
Foundations of signal processing, wireless sensor networks, energy harvesting, localization, elements of embedded programming
• Internet of Things (2 CFU)
ZigBee, Bluetooth, sensor network gateways, IoT platforms & standards (OneM2M, FIWARE, COAP, MQTT)