Tutorials
I. Machine-to-Machine: An Emerging Communication Paradigm
Duration
½ Day Tutorial
Abstract
An unprecedented communication paradigm facilitating the connection between a prior unseen number of devices is currently gripping both industrial as well as academic communities. Referred to as machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, it is essentially composed of three key ingredients:
- a wireless end-device,
- an infrastructure-based or infrastructure-less wireless carrier network, and
- the back-end server network.
The gamut of application for such a composite scenario mixing short-range and wide-range communication systems is vast, including e.g. consumer electronics, smart energy, telemetry, health care, industrial control, and general means of boosting the usage of existing telecoms infrastructures by offering communications and connectivity at large. Market prospects of M2M are thus very encouraging, which was estimated at €20bn in 2005 already and is expected to reach €200bn in Q4 2010 connecting more than 100bn communicating devices.
The aim of this tutorial is to provide a detailed technical insight into latest key aspects of M2M networks. To this end, we will discuss the heterogeneous set of available end-device technologies applicable to M2M systems. We will then dwell on different approaches to provide the infrastructure of M2M end-devices so that back-end servers can be reached at minimum delay and minimum energy expenditure. The tutorial will be complemented by a discussion on latest standardization efforts pertaining to M2M as well as a thorough summary on open research challenges.
List of Speakers
Mischa Dohler, CTTC, Spain
Thomas Watteyne, University of California in Berkeley, USA
Jesús Alonso-Zárate, CTTC, Spain
List of Lectures
- Introducing M2M
- Embedded M2M Designs
- Open M2M Design Challenges
II. Radio Communications: From the Basics to Future Developments
Duration
½ Day Tutorial
Abstract
This tutorial intends to give an insight into radio communications by building a bridge between the fundamentals and the recent advancements. For this purpose, the tutorial starts with the basics of transmission techniques and channel coding. Afterwards, the principles of simulation and evaluation are summarized. The tutorial closes with an overview on recent and future developments of WLAN and WiMedia.
List of Speakers
Andrea Tonello, Università di Udine, Italy
Stefan Nowak, Dortmund University of Technology, Germany
Oliver Hoffmann, Dortmund University of Technology, Dortmund, Germany
Holger Rosier, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Sebastian Max, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
List of Lectures
- Spectrally efficient multicarrier architectures and algorithms
- Forward error correction in radio networks
- Advances in wireless LANs
- Future perspective of the WiMedia standard
- Performance evaluation of wireless networks using the open Wireless Network Simulator