Analysis of distributed IoT systems

Increasing complexity of distributed systems with minimal energy consumption required

In the Internet of Things, sensor data and information are collected and processed. The necessary system components are being used more and more widely thanks to diverse sensor technology and the goal of automated analyses, causing data volumes to increase exponentially. Thus, processing the data no longer is only practical at central points such as in the cloud, because bandwidth and real-time requirements can increasingly not be met.

Distributed processing, however, further increases the complexity of the systems. At the same time, it is becoming more important to minimise the overall energy consumption of the systems in terms of sustainability. To deal with this, it is necessary to design functions flexibly so that they are only executed when needed and are not firmly defined in advance.   

Research on flexible and robust IoT components

For such complex distributed IoT systems, we are working on modelling networks and nodes for system-wide analysis of functionality and associated energy consumption. We are investigating how intelligence can be established in the network, how tasks can be solved flexibly and autonomously and how individual functions can be made portable and robust.