Subject

Co-promotor: An Braeken

Internet of things (IoT) applications can have challenging requirements or possibly have to perform in interference-rich environments. The multitude of wireless communication technologies allow us to envision a dynamic solution: a multi-modal system. This is a system that can use multiple comm technologies to communicate, and that dynamically switches between these technologies.

Integrating multiple technologies and having applications pick the most suitable one leads to an increase in complexity. Switching intelligently requires the consideration of energy consumption of each technology, the effects of switching, a good strategy to switch and overall efficiency.

We have devices equipped with multiple radio chips, and we can switch between radios. The challenge exists in having them each run a completely separate network stack in the embedded OS we use. You would implement and evaluate exactly this, allowing the use of the most suitable technology for the current use.

Kind of work

Adapt existing embedded OS to switch between radio stacks
Evaluate implementation
Adopt switching strategy

Number of Students

1

Expected Student Profile

Good programming skills
Possibly some hardware skills