The massive development of internet of things(IoT)technologies is gaining momentum across all areas of their possible deployment—spanning from Industry 4.0 to eHealth,smart city,agriculture or waste management.This o...The massive development of internet of things(IoT)technologies is gaining momentum across all areas of their possible deployment—spanning from Industry 4.0 to eHealth,smart city,agriculture or waste management.This ongoing development is further pushed forward by the gradual deployment of 5G networks.With 5G capable smart devices,it will be possible to transfer more data with shorter latency thereby resulting in exciting new use cases such as Massive IoT.Massive-IoT(low-power wide area network-LPWAN)enables improved network coverage,long device operational lifetime and a high density of connections.Despite all the advantages of massive-IoT technology,there are certain cases where the original concept cannot be used.Among them are dangerous explosive environments or issues caused by subsurface deployment(operation during winter months or dense greenery).This article presents the concept of a hybrid solution of IoT LoRaWAN(long range wide area network)/IRC-VLC(infrared communication,visible light communication)technology,which combines advantages of both technologies according to the deployment scenario.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the European Regional Development Fund in the Research Centre of Advanced Mechatronic Systems project,Project Number CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_-019/0000867 within the Operational Programme Research,Development and Education,and in part by the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic under Project SP2021/32.
文摘The massive development of internet of things(IoT)technologies is gaining momentum across all areas of their possible deployment—spanning from Industry 4.0 to eHealth,smart city,agriculture or waste management.This ongoing development is further pushed forward by the gradual deployment of 5G networks.With 5G capable smart devices,it will be possible to transfer more data with shorter latency thereby resulting in exciting new use cases such as Massive IoT.Massive-IoT(low-power wide area network-LPWAN)enables improved network coverage,long device operational lifetime and a high density of connections.Despite all the advantages of massive-IoT technology,there are certain cases where the original concept cannot be used.Among them are dangerous explosive environments or issues caused by subsurface deployment(operation during winter months or dense greenery).This article presents the concept of a hybrid solution of IoT LoRaWAN(long range wide area network)/IRC-VLC(infrared communication,visible light communication)technology,which combines advantages of both technologies according to the deployment scenario.
