The (R)Evolution of the Internet of Things
5G Technology
It is 5th generation of the cellular network technology.
- Lower latency, higher capacity and increased in data bandwidth as compared to the earlier generation.
- Low-bands to support wider coverage.
- Mid-bands offer a balance of benefits between coverage and capacity.
- High-bands is less crowded and provides the ultra-high bandwidth.
- Multi-access Edge Computing that brings high computational services from centralised cloud closer to end-users (the edge).
- Easing the need of having high-performance device at end-user for computational intensive use cases such as AR/VR.
- Network slicing to enable various differentiated services across different industries with assured Quality of Service.
Why AIoT?
- IoT focuses on connectivity and data communications.
- Data Analytics adds the analysis capabilities in IoT that engages data to implement effective decision-making processes. (E.g. predictive maintenance).
- Now AI adds learning capabilities to IoT, not just making effective decision, but able to self correct and recover from mistakes or errors at run time.
- With AIoT, edge devices will get ever-smarter, not just data generators but aggregators, communicators and making decisions like a human could do.
- AIoT is not just purely for edge but it can happen at higher level to achieve the system goals.
- The centre works on complete end-to-end AIoT ecosystem that involves integration of embedded hardware like sensors/devices and gateways to connections with software cloud platforms and application development.
With 5G and AIoT Together
5G will bring the entire AIoT ecosystem to a whole new level of real time use cases that existing 4G cannot do. The centre aspires to be the catalyst that provides technical project development & consultations as well training in the areas of 5G, AI, IoT, embedded systems applications, smart devices, wireless applications, cloud computing, cybersecurity and data analytics.
Abbreviations Used:
The Internet of Things (IoT), The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), The Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT), Equipment (Eqpt), Augmented reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR)
