Background

Advancement in the Internet of Things (IoT) for remote monitoring and control using IoT devices gains much attention recently. Smart meters still face many challenges due to problems linked to communication mechanism such as operating cost, low date rate and low range. To address this issues, smart metering can be implemented with the LoRaWAN protocols.

The thesis aims for the implementation of smart meter embedded systems in integration with LoRa as end device. The power consumption data are collected and transmitted remotely to a server, where they will be stored and fed to a decision support and online monitoring system.

Tasks

Develop LPWAN IoT protocols and system.
Develop data transmission algorithm
Designing and optimization of the LoRaWAN MAC protocols & physical layer allocations
Investigate communication constraints

Required skills

Student of informatics or electrical engineering.
Electronics/Sensor or embedded system
Experience in programming language (C/C++, Matlab)