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IoT and emerging

industrial opportunities

22nd March 2018

Dr Philip Catherwood - about

• Worked in a range of R&D industries over a 10 year period

developing consumer electronics, high-speed optical

communication, and bespoke scientific measurement equipment.

• Technical contribution was acknowledged through two prestigious

Telecommunications recognition awards.

• Devised the installation of NI’s first SIGFOX base-station (Ulster

University), (the first UK University to operate a base-station).

• Applied research into the Internet of Things, wearable medical

diagnostic devices, & indoor radio channel modelling.

• Spoken at numerous international events and regularly reviews for

IEEE/IET journals.

• Introduction/Overview

• Enabling technologies

• The potential of IoT

• Case studies

• Emerging opportunities

• Questions

“Those who aren’t excited by IoT

don’t understand IoT”

Describing IoT

Internet of Things (IoT) can be categorised around the data transmission medium

=> Traditional - Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cell-phone network

=> Newer “IoT-specific” tech. - LoRa, Sigfox, NB-IoT, etc., etc.

Additionally some connections are wired such as cables and optic fibres.

Describing IoT – Big claims

• Billed as the next technological revolution (Really?)

• Anticipated to be a disruptive technology

• 20.8 billion connected devices are forecast by the year 2020 [1].

• IoT market predicted to grow to $662 billion (USD) by 2021 [2].

• Proposes to interconnect a myriad of sensors to facilitate the orchestrated collection and exchange of data.

• Enable unobtrusive portable solutions for long-term remote patient monitoring {Internet of Medical Things}.

[1] Gartner (2015) 21 Billion IoT Devices To Invade By 2020. [Online]. Available: http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-devices/gartner-21-billion-iot-devices-to-invade-by-2020/d/d-id/1323081 [2] Research and Markets (2016) Global Forecast to 2021. [Online]. Available:http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/gsjxb5/internet_of

http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/gsjxb5/internet_of




• Case studies


• Questions

Brief survey of IoT Technology

New wireless technologies are changing what is possible

The IoT balancing act

LPWAN technology

LPWAN – Low Power Wide Area Network (cellular and non-cellular)

Ulster University - Recent activities

Institutional member of the global “LoRa Alliance” (other

members include IBM, Orange, CISCO, ARM, Microchip,

Bosch, Three, Semtech, Anritsu, Honeywell, etc.).

LoRa – An LPWAN technology

LoRaWAN™ - “Long Range Wide Area Network”

Licence-free 868 MHz radio band

• Long range connections

• Highly secure data communications

• Low power = longer battery life

• Low data rates

Practical tests;

• Rural transmission ranges of 15-20 km

• Urban transmission ranges of 3-5 km

LoRaWAN topologies

Sigfox @ Ulster – First Station in N.I.

Ulster hosts the first commercial Sigfox station in

Northern Ireland and is the first University to install

and commission a Sigfox station in the UK.

Sigfox

• Similar to LoRaWAN in its applications (but the technology is

quite different).

• Operates at 868 MHz and is Ultra Narrowband (UNB).

• Maximum of 140 messages per day for each device

• Ranges up to 30Km in rural areas

• Rapid deployment of networks across the world, including EU,

USA, S. America, etc.

LPWAN overview

Very low data rates - think “Twitter” message versus “the entire works of Shakespeare” Designed for small packets of data so that thousands and thousands of low-power devices can ubiquitously exist in the background gathering sensor data on everything from room temperature to remote care blood results.

These devices should …

“…. send outcome, not output” (Dr Patrick Dunlop, circa 2016)

LPWAN overview

Other key technologies of particular interest

• High data rate short range radio systems

BLE5 Mesh

What is it? - BLE = Bluetooth Low Energy (short range high data rate radio) • First Bluetooth version specifically for IoT

• 4x range, 2x speed and 8x broadcasting message capacity compared to Bluetooth 4

Faster data transfer longer reach MESHED!

5th Generation mobile networks

What is it? - The current 3G/4G network services are in for a massive revamp in 2020 with the arrival of the 5th generation service (multiband including 60 GHz), it boasts;

Ultra fast data transfers Very short distances (good for security, bad for

transmission!)

Some examples and the potential impact Streaming live 4K video links (consultations, counselling) Augmented reality (surgery, training) Streaming real-time ECG

Sensor to server

These technologies create data which is presented onto secure servers. There is a fast-paced industry growing around the need to do something useful with this raw data; Data Mining Big Data Machine learning Analytic engines Artificial Intelligence UI & UX

LPWAN device (Sigfox/LoRa) generate 0.2 Mbits of data per day 5G device generate in the region of 864,000,000 Mbits each day* *based on 30 seconds air-time per device per day at SF7 & 125Khz B/W




• Case studies


• Questions

Industrial applications

We can develop sensors that monitor and measure are wide range of indicative parameters;

• Temperature • Rotational and linear speed • Vibration • Actuation • Proximity • Stress/strain/torsion • Acceleration • Infrared • Pressure • Electric current

• Liquid Sensor • Light Sensor • Ultrasonic Sensor • Gas Sensor • Level Sensor • Potential • Magnetic • Humidity • Fluid velocity • Optical • Position • Environment • etc.

Range of application areas

From the mundane (“where is that injection moulding

part?”) to the magnificent (revolutionary change in how the industrial sector is conducted). IoT is multifaceted; devices wireless links backend “cloud” data management UI/UX (data presentation)

Complementary technologies

Big Data & Data Mining, Analytic engines, Machine learning/Artificial Intelligence, etc.

Combine with IoT;

• Predictive machine maintenance for maximum cost efficiency & minimum downtime

• Maximally optimised process efficiencies – redefining Lean & JIT.

• Automated real-time long-term time and motion studies

• Positive environmental impact

• Zero defects


“…… jobs will evolve ….”

LPWAN can benefit local industry

Local industry of various sizes can benefit from IoT and the associated technologies. • IoT will make the same change impact that the Internet had on

industry. • Digital revolution appearing …… early adopters will be leaders • IoT in practice can be a novel asset-counting system, a way to

monitor raw material levels, a way to check maintenance needs, etc. ……….. Creation of a bespoke intelligent digital factory




• Case studies


• Questions

• A new generation of solutions are becoming essential to address growing

healthcare challenges [3-5].

• Current monitoring techniques inherently inconvenient to patients and

clinicians

• Current healthcare supply is failing to meet increasing demand.

• Our work at Ulster University explores remote patient monitoring solutions

by exploiting key emerging wireless technologies to deliver IoT-enabled

medical device development.

• Clinically relevant home monitoring = reduction of costly hospital stays.

[3] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, “World Population Ageing 2013”.

[4] N.N. Dhalwani et al., Intl. J. Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 13(8), 2016.

[5] J. Henriques et al., IEEE J. Biomed. Health Infor., 19(5), pp.1757-1769, Sept. 2015.

Examples of Point of Care devices

Result sent from cuvette diagnostics

device to a secure server via the

LoRaWAN radio network, which

then passes the data.

Case study 1: Point of Care devices

LoRa cuvette diagnostic tester

Wearable body temperature and patient location measurements

Case study 2: Wearable devices

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PM 34.9 -55.0 8.6 20.5 60 54°41′15.78″N, 5°52′42.91″W

AM 35.8 -47.6 7.1 20.5 60 54°41′15.38″N, 5°52′41.66″W

PM 35.1 -76.7 11.2 7.5 58 54°41'09.81"N 5°53'04.92"W

AM 35.0 -37.1 12.4 18.6 58 54°41′15.25″N, 5°52′41.32″W

PM 35.7 -41.4 10.6 21.9 56 54°41′15.66″N, 5°52′41.48″W

AM 36.1 -83.8 5.2 14.2 56 54°37'47.43"N 5°55'04.39"W

PM 35.4 -52.9 9.0 20.7 55 54°41'16.01"N 5°52'43.16"W

AM 34.8 -86.2 6.2 8.3 54 54°41'49.31"N 5°57'08.64"W

PM 35.9 -68.4 9.4 21.5 54 54°41'13.87"N 5°52'46.09"W

AM 35.8 -77.7 8.7 23.1 51 54°41'17.45"N 5°52'50.25"W

PM 35.4 -82.3 6.8 21.8 50 54°42'02.91"N 5°53'11.14"W

AM 34.8 -47.7 10.1 18.3 49 54°41'14.68"N 5°52'42.65"W

PM 35.1 -86.4 5.4 6.9 49 54°37'47.21"N 5°55'03.54"W

Location

Body

temp.

(degC)

Ambient

temp.

(degC)

15/02/2017

16/02/2017

Battery

level (%)

20/02/2017

21/02/2017

RecordingRSSI

(dBm)SNR

17/02/2017

18/02/2017

19/02/2017 • Patient’s body temperature

• Received signal strength at

the base station

• Signal to Noise ratio

• Ambient temperature

• Battery level of the device • Patient location (GPS)

• Heart failure, as well as a number of other medical issues, have been

directly linked to environmental factors [6]

• Monitor the environment (temperature and humidity) of at-risk patients

and create an early warning system to prevent hospital admissions

• Transmits data to the Sigfox secure server

• Such technology can have a measureable impact upon the health

outcomes of patients and the waiting lists and bed management in

hospitals.

[6] A. Steventon, et al., BMJ, 344:e3874, 2012.

Case study 3: Heart Failure temp.

Sigfox heart failure environmental monitor (circuit)

Case study 4: Care home fridges

• Bluetooth 5 Mesh technology as a wireless infrastructure in residential

and domiciliary care settings

• Fridge temperature monitoring in hospitals and care homes to help

prevent temperature-sensitive medicine from spoiling (£££££)

• Every healthcare system has in place a protocol for storing

medication; these focus on security and correct storage.

• Typically a nurse regularly monitors the temperature in fridges which

is timely and often still results in spoilt medication.

Case study 5: Community Bed Tracker

1000s of beds across NI (~£1M+ assets)

Need to know where they are for;

• Inventory

• Cleaning schedules

• Maintenance schedules

GPS + LPWAN + battery frugal algorithms

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• Case studies


• Questions

Digital Catapult LPWAN Project

New NI Consortium; • NI councils

• Multi-national private business

• NI tourism development sectors and business

development sectors

• IoT ecosystem (IoT Belfast, IoTA, etc.)

50+ LoRaWAN gateways strategically placed using

geographical propagation software

LoRaWAN and Sigfox networks co-located!


1st April 2018

Private industry contributors

• DELL

• Seagate

• Bombardier

• National Trust & Cruise ship companies

• NHS

• Ulster Farmers’ Union

• Titanic Quarter Ltd

• EuropCar

• Tyco/JCI

Challenge areas

• Tourism

• Healthcare

• Manufacturing (Macro-environment)

• Manufacturing (Micro-environment)

• Creative Technologies

• Agriculture

• Logistics & transportation

• Playable open spaces

• Smart Buildings & environments

Selection of applications & Impact [1] Smart Cities - Smart parking, Building surveillance, Sound monitoring, People detection, Traffic

management, Street lighting management, Domestic waste management, Billboard displays.

Smart Environment - Fire detection, Air pollution, Snowfall measurement, Flood and drought

monitoring, Earthquake detection, etc.

eHealth - Fall detection, Sports performance, Patient monitoring & tracking, Medical equipment

location and usage monitoring, Remote (rural) healthcare, etc.

Smart Water - Drinking water monitoring, Chemical contamination detection, Swimming pool

monitoring, Seawater pollution measurement, Leak detection, Tide monitoring, etc.

Smart metering/smart Grid - Smart electricity/water/gas meters, Highway tolls, Measurement of

liquid levels/water flow, Monitoring of photovoltaic installations, Calculation of silo stock, etc.

Tracking – Hire vehicles, Bicycles, Objects of value, Animals, People, Lost commercial drones.

Safety and Rescue services - Analysis of intruders into forbidden zones, Presence of dangerous

liquids or explosive substances, radiation levels, Emergency location beacon (mountaineering, skiing,

water sports), Lone worker/SOS alarm on large sites (e.g. oil workers).

Selection of applications & Impact [2] Commerce - Supply chain control, Mobile payments, Smart shopping, Shelf stock rotation,

Vending machine monitoring.

Logistics - Monitoring of transport conditions, Parcel localisation, Detection of stock

incompatibility, Fleet traceability.

Industrial monitoring - Monitoring of machines/equipment, Indoor air quality, Temperature

control, Ozone level detection, Localisation of equipment/products indoors.

Smart Agriculture - Monitoring of greenhouses/vineyards, Golf course irrigation management,

Weather stations, Compost, Animal Tracking (multiple acres).

Smart Livestock Care - Pasture feeding traceability , Toxic gas level monitoring, Animal

progress monitoring, etc.

Marine/boating - Man Overboard locator, Marine piracy, Boat security, Lost diver locator.

Smart Buildings & Homes – Water/electricity consumption, Remote control,

Intruder detection, Smoke/CO detection, Surveillance of valuables.

Shooting - Long range target actuator.

Things Connected NI Programme

Things Connected NI is backed by a consortium of NI local

authority councils, private sector bodies, universities and

specialist advisors, seeking to;

• stimulate innovation in this high growth industry

• actively build and support the local ecosystem

The Things Connected NI LPWAN will;

• be free to use for innovation, experimenting, demonstration,

and piloting IoT products and services to market.

• the data gathered will be hosted in the Things Connected

Portal free of charge.


• Councils funding the programme with between £10K-30K

• Support & guidance for SMEs through the local council’s

business development units

• Ulster University & Invest NI will be running information

events in centralised geographical areas

• Local councils will be running training and information

events for SMEs across NI

• IoT specialist groups host various events during the

programme to support the ecosystem


“ ….. unique opportunity for businesses

and aspiring entrepreneurs to get free

access the Things Connected IoT network

and portal, to undertake experimental

research and development, all while being

supported by a programme that offers

facilitated access to the ecosystem,

support from academia, subject matter

expertise, technical support and business

development support.”

Contact Details

Dr. Philip A. Catherwood

NIBEC

School of Engineering

Ulster University (Jordanstown)

Shore Road, Newtownabbey

Co. Antrim, BT37 0QB

Northern Ireland, UK

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