The course analyses the new technologies that are emerging for the implementation of the Internet of Things in a large variety of complex environments. The course addresses the Hardware Subsystem (dedicated design of antennas and radiofrequency circuits, choice of microprocessors and radios, study of intersystem compatibility) and the Physical Layer Subsystem (choice of the modulation scheme, the wireless standard and analysis of ad hoc dedicated communication schemes). As a case study, the techniques to deploy the of wireless sensor networks, RFID tags and Internet gateways in jet engines, snow, ice and water, ground and mines, human and animal bodies, dangerous environment (within fire, gassed, polluted premises) will be introduced.

Network design for Local, Personal, Body Area Networking, Antenna design in Tough Confined, Radioplanning in Tough, Dissipative, Constrained Environments

Basic Telecommunication Theory, Basic Electromagnetic Field Theory, Basic Networking Theory

Internet of Things: review of the most common field of applications Wireless Sensor Networks, RFIDs, Personal and Body Area Networks Main Internet of Things Technologies and Standards Hardware design in complex and constrained environments Network design in complex and constrained environments Physical Layer Design in complex and constrained environments Antenna Synthesis, Analysis and Realization in water, dissipative media, biological material The wireless communication channel in dissipative environments: Wide band vs Narrow Band Example of Application: Wireless Sensor Networks in Water Example of Application: Wireless Sensor Networks within Fire Example of Application: Wireless Sensor Networks and RFIDs inside Jet Engines Example of Application: RFIDs on and inside Human and Animal Bodies Example of Application: Internet of Things networking in Oil and Gas Industrial Premises

The course is mainly organised through theoretical lectures. Short conferences and seminars given by external experts can be organised, Students may be requested to work on specific subjects, through bibliographic searches and scientific reviews.

Lecture Notes distributed by the lecturer

Modalità di esame: Prova orale obbligatoria; Progetto individuale;

Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Individual project;

... One esperimental project assigned at the very beginning of the course, to be completed by the end Weight: 50% Public presentation of the project Weight: 20% Oral exam on the theoretical subjects Weight: 30%

Gli studenti e le studentesse con disabilità o con Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento (DSA), oltre alla segnalazione tramite procedura informatizzata, sono invitati a comunicare anche direttamente al/la docente titolare dell'insegnamento, con un preavviso non inferiore ad una settimana dall'avvio della sessione d'esame, gli strumenti compensativi concordati con l'Unità Special Needs, al fine di permettere al/la docente la declinazione più idonea in riferimento alla specifica tipologia di esame.