Enabling technologies for ultra-high density internet of things

物联网(IoT)将互联网扩展到在消费和工业空间执行任务的大量物理对象。它将对象与异地计算和存储基础设施集成在一起，从而实现强大的数据分析和智能决策。一旦设备连接到互联网，这种集成的程度几乎没有限制。应用领域从智能家居到医疗保健，再到交通和智能制造。预计未来5到10年，互联网连接对象的数量将达到令人震惊的数百亿甚至数千亿。这就提出了如何在如此大规模的情况下实现连接和数据处理的问题。该项目通过研究支持物联网对象高密度部署的技术来直接应对这一挑战。为此，我们将开发蜂窝通信解决方案，以弥补物联网网络的覆盖漏洞。其次，我们将推进通信技术的密集化和互联互通，发展物联网的光通信方式。这些技术将成为能够将基于光的通信集成到光/射频物联网混合网络架构中的基础。为了实现这一雄心勃勃的研究目标，我们召集了一支来自不列颠哥伦比亚大学(UBC)和麦克马斯特大学的杰出研究人员团队，他们拥有无线电和无线通信以及资源和网络管理方面的集体专业知识。该项目包括来自电信、网络和LED照明行业的加拿大工业合作伙伴的关键参与，以匹配研究的广度。该项目的成果将直接支持我们合作伙伴的物联网产品和服务的开发，以及越来越多提供物联网解决方案的公司。

The Internet of Things (IoT) extends the Internet to a plethora of physical objects performing tasks in consumer and industrial spaces. It integrates objects with off-site computing and storage infrastructures enabling powerful data analytics and intelligent decision making. There are virtually no limitations to the extent of this integration once the devices are connected to the Internet. The application domains range from smart homes to healthcare to transportation and smart manufacturing. The projected number of Internet connected objects for the next 5 to 10 years is staggering and in the tens or even hundreds of billions. This raises the question of how to enable connectivity and data processing on such a massive scale.This project directly addresses this challenge by investigating technologies that will support high-densitydeployment of IoT objects. To this end, we will develop solutions for cellular communications to close coverage holes in IoT networks. Secondly, we will advance the densification and interworking of communication technologies and develop light-based communication methods for the IoT. These techniques will be the basis for enabling the integration of light-based communication into a hybrid light/radio-frequency IoT network architecture.To achieve the ambitious research objectives, we have assembled a team of outstanding researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and McMaster University with a collective expertise in the radio andwireless communication and resource and network management. This project includes the critical participation of Canadian industrial partners from the telecommunications, networking and LED lighting industries to match the breadth of the research. The results of this project will directly support the development of our partners' IoT products and services as well as the growing number of companies offering IoT solutions.