UMOBILE: Universal, mobile-centric and opportunistic communications architecture (SITI, 2015-2018)
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COPELABS coordination: Paulo Mendes
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 645124.
Within the European project H2020 UMOBILE the research group SITI (Informatics Systems and Technologies) of the R&D lab COPELABS, University Lusófona, is investigating the usage of NDN- Named Data Networking to extend data-centric communications into more dynamic wireless scenarios, such as emergency situations, or accessible communications.
With this propose, COPELABS is devising an NDN Android implementation for opportunistic networks, called NDN-OPP, and two applications: a content sharing application called Now@; a short messaging application, called Oi!.
Based on NDN-OPP, both Now@ and Oi! applications are able to exchange data and send short messages, respectively, directly between neighbor devices, via Wi-Fi direct, of via an access network, via Wi-Fi.
Still within the UMOBILE project, SITI/COPELABS is creating a local testbed, encompassing SAMSUNG smartphones, Wi-Fi access points and one NDN router, which provides access to the NDN Global test bed.
NDN-OPP: NDN Framework for Opportunistic Wireless Communications
The NDN framework for Opportunistic Networks (NDN-Opp) is an extension of the NDN Android implementation, aiming to support NDN communication in wireless networks by exploiting direct communication between wireless devices, as well as intermittent Wi-Fi connectivity to the Internet (NDN global testbed).
NDN-OPP aims to extend the functionality of the NDN Android implementation with:
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A new face, OPPFace, which allows a mobile device to exploit any existing Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi direct communication opportunity.
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A Push communication model, allowing data, related to specific name prefixes (e.g. emergency data), to be pushed to specific destinations.
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A new forwarding scheme for data packets to overcome the limitations of using the breadcrumb strategy in dynamic wireless scenarios
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A new routing/forwarding strategy for interest packets to reduce latency in dynamic wireless scenarios.
Now@: a Content-Sharing Application for NDN
Now@ is an Android app for content sharing (text, documents, photos) over intermittent internet access. It relies on Chronosync. Now@ can run on top of NDN-OPP which means that data is then shared via Wi-Fi Direct or Wi-Fi connections (D2D communication), or on top of the original NDN Forwarding Daemon (NFD) for Android.
The current release allows for the following:
Oi!: Short-Messaging over NDN
Oi! (which stands for "Hi!" in portuguese) is an instant messenger based on a push communication model, which is supported by NDN-Opp. Due to this, Oi! can be used in places where internet access is intermittent. The Oi! application is currently being exploited to allow users to communicate in emergency situations, based on a predefined name prefix.
Scientific Contributions
- Seweryn Dynerowicz, Paulo Mendes, "Named-Data Networking in Opportunistic Networks", in ACM ICN, Berlin, Germany, September 2017.
- Seweryn Dynerowicz, Omar Aponte, Paulo Mendes, "NDN Operation in Opportunistic Wireless Networks", in NDNcomm, Memphis, USA, March 2017.
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Luis Amaral Lopes, Rute C. Sofia, Paulo Mendes, Waldir Moreira, "Oi! - Opportunistic Data Transmission Based on Wi-Fi Direct" in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM, San Francisco, USA, April 2016.
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Omar Aponte, Paulo Mendes, "Now@ - Content Sharing Application over NDN", in ACM ICN, Berlin, Germany, September 2017.
Software:
- Now@ binary available on GooglePlay and source code on GitLab
- Oi! binary available on GooglePlay and source code on GitLab
- NDN-Opp binary available on GooglePlay
Highlights
News
03.2021. Accepted paper: FG Encinas, LA Silva, AS Mendes, GV González, VRQ Leithardt, ..., "Singular Spectrum Analysis for Source Separation in Drone-Based Audio Recording" In IEEE Access.https://doi.org/10.
02.2021. Accepted Paper, M. S. Stankovic, M. Beko, S. S. Stankovic, “Distributed Value Function Approximation for Collaborative Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning’’, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, in IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, https://doi.org/10.1109/TCNS.2021.3061909
11.2020. Accepted Paper, B. Lima, D. Costa, et.al "Adaptive Power Factor Allocation for Cooperative Full-Duplex NOMA Systems With Imperfect SIC and Rate Fairness", in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular technology, https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2020.3029791
11.2020. Accepted Paper, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, M. Barahman, L. Correia, L. S. Ferreira, "A QoS-Demand-Aware Computing Resource Management Scheme in Cloud-RAN", in IEEE OJ-COMS. https://doi.org/10.1109/OJCOMS.2020.3034297
10.2020. Accepted Paper, IEEE Access, Daniel Silva, Rute Sofia. "A Discussion on Context-awareness to Better Support the IoT Cloud/Edge Continuum", in IEEE Access. DOI 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3032388.
9.2020. Accepted paper, Electronics, Sales Mendes, André, Diego M. Jiménez-Bravo, María Navarro-Cáceres, Valderi Reis Quietinho Leithardt, and Gabriel Villarrubia González. "Multi-Agent Approach Using LoRaWAN Devices: An Airport Case Study." Electronics 9, no. 9 (2020): 1430.
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9091430
8.2020. Accepted paper, IEEE Access, J. C. S. Anjos and Valderi Leithardt et al., "Data Processing Model to Perform Big Data Analytics in Hybrid Infrastructures," in IEEE Access, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3023344.
7.2020. Accepted Paper, IEEE Access, Fernandes,D., Raimundo,A., Cercas,F., Sebastiao,P., Rinis,R., Ferreira,L.S.. "Comparison of Artificial Intelligence and Semi-Empirical Methodologies for Estimation of Coverage in Mobile Networks", in IEEE Access, Vol. 8, July 2020, pp 139803-139812, 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3013036
4.2020. Accepted Paper, IEEE Access , Fernandes,D., Clemente,D., Soares,G., Sebastiao,P., Cercas,F., Dinis,R, Ferreira,L.S., “Cloud-Based Implementation of an Automatic Coverage Estimation Methodology for Self-Organising Network”, in IEEE Access, Vol 8, Apr. 2020, pp 66456-66474, 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2986437
01.2020. The most recently hired researcher Nuno Ricardo Garcia had a paper accepted in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TPAMI). TPAMI is the journal with the highest impact factor in the area of computer science (IF=17.73 for 2018). Congratulations.
11.2019. Accepted Paper, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology,
S. Tomic, M. Beko, “A Geometric Approach for Distributed Multi-hop Target Localization in Cooperative Networks’’, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2019.2952715
07.2019: Accepted Paper, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation,
K Turbic, L. Correia, M. Beko. A Channel Model for Polarised Off-Body Communications with Dynamic Users’’, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 7001-7013, November 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2019.2925157
06.2019: Accepted Paper, IEEE Access
D. Pedro, S. Tomic, L. Bernardo, M. Beko, P. Pinto, “Algorithms for Estimating the Location of Remote Nodes using Smartphones’’, IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 33713-33727, December 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2904241
05.2019: Accepted Paper, MDPI Future Internet, Special Issue on Information-centric Networking
R. C. Sofia, Guidelines Towards Information-driven Mobility Management, Future Internet 2019, 11(5), 111; https://doi.org/10.3390/fi11050111
04.2019: Accepted Paper, MDPI Future Internet, Special Issue on Information-centric Networking
R. C. Sofia, P. Mendes, An Overview on Push-Based Communication Models for Information-centric Networking. MDPI Future Internet, 2019, 11(3), 74; https://doi.org/10.3390/fi11030074.
03.2019: Accepted Paper, European Control Conference 2019
Model-based fault diagnosis and tolerant control: the ESA’s e.Deorbit mission
03.2019: Accepted paper, MDPI Future Internet 2019, Special issue on ICN
An Overview on Push-based Communication Models for Information-Centric Networking
02.2019: New IRTF ICNRG draft
. nformation-centric Routing for Opportunistic Wireless Networks.
01.2019: Accepted paper, Sensors 2019, Special Issue on Wireless Location Tracking
On Consensus-based Distribution Blind Calibration of Sensor Networks
11.2018: Rute C. Sofia becomes Associate Editor of IEEE Access
11.2018: Accepted paper MDPI Sensors 2018, Special Issue on Wireless Location Tracking
Elephant Herding Optimization for Energy-Based Localization
11.2018: Accepted paper Sensors 2018, Special Issue on Wireless Location Tracking
Target Localization via Integrated and Segregated Ranging Based on RSS and TOA Measurements
11.2018: Results of the CEEC/COPELABS/JUNIOR2018: Prof. Dr. Pedro Sá Costa admitted.
10.2018: Rute C. Sofia becomes an IEEE Senior member
10.2018: Invited Talk: Cooperative wireless networking: Research challenges, P. Mendes, @LakesideLabs, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
09.2018: Accepted paper, ACM ICN 2018
P. Mendes, R. Sofia, V. Tsaoussidis, S. Diamantopoulos, J. Soares,Information-centric routing for opportunistic wireless networks. InProc. ACM ICN 2018, Sep. 2018.
09:2018: Accepted paper, IEEE WiMob
09.2018:C-BRAINs 2018/2019
C-BRAINS for 2018/2019 are out!
07.2018: Ciencia 2018
People-to-people Communication in Emergency Scenarios, P. Mendes, R. Sofia, M. Tavares, O. Aponte
06.2018: UMOBILE project
POC2 - information-centric communication in opportunistic scenarios, P. Mendes, M. Tavares, O. Aponte, R. Sofia, J. Soares
05.2018
04.2018 Accepted Book Chapter
03.2018 IRTF draft DABBER
Information-centric Routing for Opportunistic Wireless Networks
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