Computer Networking Lab (Smart Grid : Smart Energy !)

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University of Mons
Faculté des Sciences
Computer Networking Lab
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sensor networks, networked embedded systems
Questions ?
Céline Thillou
Directrice
 +32-065374783
 [email protected]
Laboratory contact details
Laboratory Head
General Contact
Professor Quoitin Bruno
 Faculté des
sciences
Avenue du Champ de
Mars, 6
7000 Mons
Belgium
 +32-65373448
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Main study areas and research topics
The main study area of the lab is computer networking. In particular the lab focuses on the design of algorithms and
protocols that allow the distributed computation of paths accross networks (routing). The lab has recently started applying
this expertise to wireless sensor networks <ith objectives such as balancing the trafic load, increasing the network
resiliency and decreasing the energy consumption of nodes.
Industrial application fields
Wireless sensor networks have several applications in industrial automation, home automation, energy management in
electrical grid (smart grid), health care, agriculture, civil engineering, retail and logistics, ...
Services proposal
Design and implementation of sensor software (firmware) to automate the collect of application-dependent measurements
(e.g. energy consumption) and transmit those measurements across networks of wireless nodes.
Plan the capacity of a network given predicted traffic-demand.
Predict network behavior under stress conditions such as peak traffic load and/or link / equipment failures.
Design and implement software that allows the (remote) management of a network of sensors.
Make sensor networks interoperable with then Internet and/or specific communication technologies (GSM, Wi-Fi …)
Work with standard technologies such as IEEE802.15.4 (aka ZigBee), IPv6, 6LoWPAN, RPL, CoAP (an alternative to HTTP)
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Organisé le vendredi 5 décembre 2014 à l'Université de Liège
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collaborations avec les Universités et les Hautes Ecoles de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
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