Millimeter Wave Networks for the Internet of Things

[The talk is cancelled]

Speaker:        Professor Omid Abari
                University of Waterloo

Title:          "Millimeter Wave Networks for the Internet of Things"


Date:           Tuesday, 27 August 2019

Time:           2:00pm - 3:00pm

Venue:          Room 2463 (via lift no. 25/26), HKUST


Abstract:

With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), billions of new connected
devices will come online, enabling new applications in very diverse areas.
While exciting, this will create unprecedented demand for high-throughput
wireless internet connectivity that cannot be satisfied by existing
wireless networks. Millimeter wave (mmWave) technology promises to
revolutionize wireless networks and solve the throughput problem through
the usage of massive chunks of high-frequency spectrum. However, adapting
this technology presents challenges. Our research addresses these
challenges by developing custom software-hardware systems. In this talk, I
will present three examples of this research to address beam-alignment,
blockage and power consumption problems of mmWave networks. First, I will
present Agile-Link, a system that enables agile mmWave by introducing a
new algorithm which reduces beam mmWave alignment delay by orders of
magnitude. Second, I will present MoVR , a system that allows mmWave links
to sustain high data-rates even in the presence of a blockage and
mobility. Finally, I will present mmX, a system which enables mmWave
technology to be used in low-power IoT devices. I show how our approach
enables many new IoT applications, including untethered high-quality
virtual reality.


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Biography:

Omid Abari is an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo, School
of Computer Science. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He
works in the area of wireless networks and mobile systems, with
applications to the Internet of Things (IoT). His research group focuses
on the design and implementation of software-hardware systems that deliver
ubiquitous sensing, computing, and communications at scale. His research
has been published in top venues such as SIGCOMM, MobiCom and NSDI, and it
has been featured in top news venues such as Wired, Engadget, Techcrunch,
MIT Technology Review, IEEE Spectrum and New Scientist.