VIRTUAL EDITION – WEBINAR : Tuesday 29 June 2021, 12h30-14h15
TOPIC OF THIS WEBINAR
In this virtual workshop we will address technology innovations that have been adopted in the latest versions of the Bluetooth standards, such as mesh networking, low-power features, and LE Audio.
Speakers from industry will then zoom in on the possibilities and challenges that these innovations offer for their applications in assets tracking/monitoring, and smart audio systems.
PROGRAMME
| 12h30 | Introduction Kris Hermus, Coordinator Wireless Community & Innovation Program Manager Flanders, imec |
| 12h40 | A digital communication twin for managing a QoS-enabled heterogeneous Bluetooth mesh network Jeroen Hoebeke, Professor, imec-IDLab-UGent slides (members only, login required) With the release of the meshing specification, Bluetooth Low Energy made the transition from a star-based topology to a true mesh networking topology, now offering a standardized way to achieve multi-hop communication. Following a short introduction to the Bluetooth Mesh specification, we will present two innovations designed within the ICON BLUESS project, which can turn a smart light mesh backbone into a trustworthy carrier for diverse sensing and actuation devices: QoS extensions for Bluetooth meshing and autonomous network management using a digital communication twin. |
| 13h00 | Energy harvesting for and from BLE nodes Sofie Pollin, Professor, KU Leuven – ESAT & Principal Scientist, imec slides (members only, login required) • Wireless power transfer and reception • Co-design waveform and rectifier • Short demo video |
| 13h15 | Towards sustainable IoT solutions using the BLE low-power node and friendship features Jeroen Famaey, Professor, imec-IDLab-UA slides (members only, login required) • Introduction to the BLE friendship feature • Energy consumption of BLE Mesh vs. Low Power Nodes • BLUESS use case: Battery-free solar powered BLE device with bidirectional communication • Short demo video |
| 13h30 | Bluetooth LE audio for smart speaker systems Stefan Hendricx, System Architect / technology Manager, iLab – The Innovators Lab slides (members only, login required) • Evolution of audio use-cases from BT classic to BLE Audio • Power consumption considerations • Audio quality and latency • New audio opportunities with BLE audio |
| 13h45 | Blyott RTLS: introduction to battery-free Bluetooth tags based upon Wiliot’s energy harvesting technology Gery Pollet, Founder & Managing Director, Blyott slides (members only, login required) • RTLS in healthcare using standard BLE tags • Wiliot’s battery free BLE technology • Wiliot use case example & demo |
| 14h00 | Plenary Q&A session |
| 14h15 | End of the webinar |
REGISTRATION
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Registrations can be cancelled until June 22, 2021. After this date the complete registration fee will be charged. Please send an email to wireless-community@imec.be to cancel your registration.