A meeting took place at IIIT Hyderabad with professors Prof. Ramesh Loganathan, Lead Architect Anuradha Vattem, Dr. Aftab Hussain, Ankita, Mogadaali Ushasri, Internationalization for Circularity in the Building Environment (ICBUILD) Delegates – Alberto Di Cristofalo, Roberta Montagno, Angelo Mulone, Rosalba Cutaia,
Alessandro Piovesan, Marjan Nikolic, Radmilo Nikolic Dusica Nikolic, Blaz Zupancic, Gabor Markus and Lorinc Markus.
Prof. Ramesh Loganathan explained about the Smart City Living Lab, funded by MEITY. This campus acts as a real-life lab to test new ideas before putting them into cities. The IIITH Living Lab, supported by MEITY, Smart Cities mission, and Telangana Government, focuses on things like water, energy, solar power, pollution, weather, and crowd management.
Lead Architect Anuradha delivered a comprehensive overview of the smart city living lab, offering insights into its establishment and deployment processes.
Various Sensor nodes and communication infra like 5G, 4G, WiFi, LORAWAN, and Wi-SUN are used for deployment. All the data goes to OM2M based on oneM2M, standards, and further archived in a data warehouse to make it available on IUDX, a data exchange for standardized information. This makes sensor data easily accessible to researchers ,government and startups. Right now, 300 nodes are deployed around the campus.
The ICBuild delegation brought up inquiries regarding waste management, underscoring its societal significance. They also delved into discussions about the publication of research papers and patents. Detailed explanations were provided regarding how research papers cover the monitoring of various aspects. Prof. Ramesh Loganathan elaborated the city operating platform, designed as a one-stop platform for smart city deployments.
Prof. Ramesh Loganathan and Mogadali Ushasri explained Low-cost sensors were showcased, monitoring air quality parameters like PM2.5, PM10, water level, and quantity. A retrofit model for water management was also explained, involving a small cap on analog meters to monitor water flow and send values. The Center of Excellence (CoE) on IoT and oneM2M for Smart Cities at IIITH was highlighted, particularly focusing on water level, flow, and quality monitoring, indoor air quality and outdoor as well. Discussed occupancy, energy monitoring and weather stations as well. Compared the sensor data in the analytical view of deployed nodes in IIIT Hyderabad.
Dr. Aftab Hussain discussed Wi-SUN technology, utilizing mesh topology. The scalability and self-healing network features of Wi-SUN were highlighted, particularly beneficial for city-wide deployment and energy meter using LORAWAN.
During the meeting, a dashboard presentation was included, with Mogadali Ushasri providing insights into various views, including summary, analytical 3D, and Wi-SUN dashboards. Notably, there was a focus on “GRACE “, a feature that has a game-like appearance but is actually designed to showcase the real-time status of sensor data.
Delegates from IC Build shared details about their ongoing projects, discussing their progress and the relationship with IoT. They demonstrated their dashboard, highlighting their work with PM2.5 and PM10 parameters for air quality monitoring.
January 2024