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The research commenced by identifying


common scenarios which the new paradigm of dense networking might benefit. Once determined, parameters and targets for their operations within these areas were mapped out, permitting the team to focus its efforts on new processing methods. cloud network,


In the dense identifying strategies that


enable self-organisational communication, whilst conserving energy, are fundamental objectives. Realising them is dependent on the group refining aspects of processing, interference


such as synchronisation and alignment,


and


between the cloud and source/destination terminal nodes. At encoding/decoding


processing interfaces


these termini, novel and


techniques will be deployed to exploit the capability of the cloud to transfer multiple simultaneous streams of data. Whilst much


begin to exploit this


facility more


innovatively by adding additional services to them. Multimedia and other types of data could be piggybacked on top of different applications.” interest


in this acquired Landis+Gyr, a noted leader


Toshiba has a particular sector – having recently in


smart metering technology. Industrial critical control, the other area


signal


in which demonstrators will be created, also relies on systems of sensors. “In such environments, you can measure phenomena like vibrations, pressure, and temperature changes. The underlying principle here is that the more data you collect and distribute, the better control you can exert on your systems.” Units can thus be more rapidly shut down to prevent malfunctions, and modifications stimulate productivity become easier


to to


AT A GLANCE Project Information


Project Title: DIWINE: Dense Cooperative Wireless Cloud Network


Project Objective: The project will solve the problem of wireless communications in densely interfering ad hoc networks, by using paradigm of virtual relay based self-contained wireless cloud with simple and uniform interface to terminals.


Project Duration and Timing: 36 months, January 2013 to December 2015


Project Funding: €2.633m


“Wireless multi-hop communication systems essentially convey signals from source to destination terminals via a series of ‘relay’ nodes”


of this work will commence in the theoretical domain, the project’s commercial benefits will be demonstrated through the creation of test beds that emulate smart metering and critical industrial control applications. Smart metering can be flexibly employed, numerous


in familiar contexts.


introduce and assess, since more information becomes available to gauge their performance.


Throughput – the


volumes of data being transmitted – is also a critical


factor in both of practical arenas. “If we The


technology permits consumption of utilities (including data, electricity and gas) to be monitored and, via the communications network, periodically transmitted to the supplier. This can assist billing, and supports more prudent management of


resources,


since it reveals a wealth of data about actual demand. “Smart meter nodes found in domestic


settings true Transmitting and are becoming more


common, and can be used to gauge a customer’s


usage,” says receiving


Coon. terminals


convey the basic information through the locale and a sequence of nodes, until it reaches a substation or concentrator responsible for generating or managing deployment of the resources. “Disseminating


information


transmission data rates so that information is received almost in ‘real time’, we may catalyse more


energy networks, and implement timely critical likely


control functions. stimulate cost


savings,” says Coon. “We’re


adopting a parallel This would and economy approach,


which pays equal attention to application and theoretical aspects. After less than a year of


the project, we have identified


several potential candidate technologies that we


can integrate into our


demonstration platforms.” The smart meter aspect, to be developed by Toshiba, will utilise a network of around thirty software defined radio transmitters,


gathered


from various homes, and consolidating it at a substation, necessitates a system of multiple links, which formulates the wireless cloud network,” illustrates Coon. “Presently, these are quite simple networks. However, as infrastructure


improves, businesses will www.projectsmagazine.eu.com A leader in the field, Coon is proud to share


his appraisal that DIWINE’s “comprehensive, high-level research covers all Encompassing


software, although a


number of basic theoretical conundrums must also be resolved prior to this phase. “We’re looking at fundamental questions, like how dense the cloud network needs to be to maintain connectivity, and how to define network models. We will also need to determine how the signals from the transmitters are encoded.”


the bases”. simulation,


development and the creation of a prototype, implementation opportunities for the consortium’s research are also intriguingly diverse. “Once theory becomes practice, the applications are enticingly futuristic, and almost


limitless,” applicable enthuses to Dr Coon.


“Wireless cloud networks, and the real-time data traffic they support, are technologies equally


environmental


monitoring, intelligent transport systems, and even healthcare.”


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the project’s can increase


efficient management of


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MAIN CONTACT


Hrjehor Mark Tel: Email: info@diwine.eu Web: www.diwine-project.eu


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