Slides van de DigAnt Café meetup over IoT & City of Things: http://www.meetup.com/DigAnt-Cafe/events/225867433/

1. Steven Latré
Universiteit Antwerpen - iMinds

4. since last week,!
we live in a complete new world!

6. smart watch
virtual reality
glasses
next gen
connected car?

8. 1999!
“THE INTERNET OF THINGS IS "
ABOUT EMPOWERING COMPUTERS
…SO THEY CAN SEE, HEAR "
AND SMELL THE WORLD FOR
THEMSELVES”
KEVIN ASHTON
INVENTOR OF THE TERM
“INTERNET OF THINGS”

10. Forbes 2014

11. “the network is a commodity”!
IoT application provider

12. how do we!
CONNECT
a l l t h e s e !
DEVICES
?

14. LARGE-SCALE
NETWORKS
Internet of Things

15. CHA S

16. moving swarm of sensors
drunk dutchmen taking selfies

17. • Video about Alpe d’Hueze!
156 bpm
485 watt
+ 35 sec
162 bpm
455 watt
+ 31 sec
158 bpm
472watt
+ 29 sec

18. Long range sensor communication

19. QoS Differentiation in DenseNets
Backbonenetwork
Automatic
load-balancing
Application-aware
QoS enforcement

20. SELVIE: QoS WiFi @ mass events
One-way communication
Limited visual feedback from audience

21. SELVIE: QoS WiFi @ mass events
SELVIE
Real-time smartphone
video streaming
Other lower resolution
video sources
(e.g., GoPro)
Mixed & edited
with professional live signal

23. we need a
PLAYGROUND

24. Top-Down vs Bottom-up

25. • City of Things!

26. Domains
Smart and hybrid services!
!
Peer production!
!
Personal mobility!
!
Health and well-being!
!
Tourism & culture!
!

27. integrating smart
city sensors
100 multi-technology
gateways

28. Three layers
Network-layer
Deploying a city-wide network
connecting multiple wireless technologies
Data layer
Providing an open data platform with a
real-time view on the city
Business layer
Living lab and analytics infrastructure
for evidence-based innovation

29. General architecture
City of Things
Management Node
City of Antwerp
Fiber Network
City of Things
Gateway
City of Things
Gateway
City of Things
Gateway
City of Things
Gateway
Scattered across 70 locations
in city and harbor
Supporting multiple
wireless technologies
Pluggable set of sensors

30. Gateway architecture
City of Things Gateway
Set of pluggable on-board sensors
Set of pluggable wirelessly
connected sensors
OpenMote&OpenUSB
running
OpenWSN&RIOT
GeckoStarterKit&
Nordicboard
AlixBoardwith
WiFidongle
GeckoStarterKit
withCC1101board
Semtechboard
Controller
(Intel NUC + USB + SSD)

32. production research

33. CITY OF THINGS PROJECTS

34. Partnerships

37. HYBRID SERVICES: iCityServices
Hybrid Public-Private City Services
EUROPEAN PROJECT
PERIOD
January 2015 to December 2017!
PROJECT
Equipping all A-card locations with iBeacons
aimed at new user interactions, monitoring and
NFC transactions.!
CITY OF THINGS role:
Developing and testing new loyalty services and city marketing concepts.!

38. data sources mobility applications
wireless data
dissemination
data analysis
and fusion
visualization
and control
multimodal mobility
information
sensing-as-a-
service platform

39. Three different outcomes
Real-time
visualization and
car feeds
Faster route now available
Control of
city signage
infrastructure
Off-line policy
information
1
2
3

41. City government system for
digital traffic signs
Digital traffic signs
Full planning & control system
Citizen service platform
New revenue opportunities
A*SIGN
APP
CITY WORKER
PLATFORM
WEB
CITIZEN REQUEST
PLATFORM
SIGFOX
GPS
NFC/QR
E-INK
BATTER
Y
ALARM
WEB
CITY CONTROL
NGSI
Real-time data
CITY OF THINGS

42. HEALTH: BlindSquare
iBeacon Markers for the Blind
FIWARE ACCELERATOR
PERIOD
May 2016 to August 2016!
PROJECT
Living lab tests for a Finnish SME that can guide
the blind based on geo location and beacons,
even indoors. !
CITY OF THINGS offers:
Development and real-life testing of application in two city museums. !
!

44. WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

45. City: IoT as an upgrade

46. Industry
Living Lab Open API Connect

47. Researchers
Open Networking TestbedData ready to be mined

48. Citizens
meets

50. City of Things is an open platform!
Have a great idea?
Contact me!