UMBRELLA: A One-stop Shop Bridging the Gap from Lab to Real-World IoT Experimentation
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| author | Mavromatis, Ioannis Jin, Yichao Stanoev, Aleksandar Portelli, Anthony Weeks, Ingram Holden, Ben Glasspole, Eliot Farnham, Tim Khan, Aftab Raza, Usman Aijaz, Adnan Bierton, Thomas Seto, Ichiro Patel, Nita Sooriyabandara, Mahesh |
| author_facet | Mavromatis, Ioannis Jin, Yichao Stanoev, Aleksandar Portelli, Anthony Weeks, Ingram Holden, Ben Glasspole, Eliot Farnham, Tim Khan, Aftab Raza, Usman Aijaz, Adnan Bierton, Thomas Seto, Ichiro Patel, Nita Sooriyabandara, Mahesh |
| contents | UMBRELLA is an open, large-scale IoT ecosystem deployed across South Gloucestershire, UK. It is intended to accelerate innovation across multiple technology domains. UMBRELLA is built to bridge the gap between existing specialised testbeds and address holistically real-world technological challenges in a System-of-Systems (SoS) fashion. UMBRELLA provides open access to real-world devices and infrastructure, enabling researchers and the industry to evaluate solutions for Smart Cities, Robotics, Wireless Communications, Edge Intelligence, and more. Key features include over 200 multi-sensor nodes installed on public infrastructure, a robotics arena with 20 mobile robots, a 5G network-in-a-box solution, and a unified backend platform for management, control and secure user access. The heterogeneity of hardware components, including diverse sensors, communication interfaces, and GPU-enabled edge devices, coupled with tools like digital twins, allows for comprehensive experimentation and benchmarking of innovative solutions not viable in lab environments. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of UMBRELLA's multi-domain architecture and capabilities, making it an ideal playground for Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT (IIoT) innovation. It discusses the challenges in designing, developing and operating UMBRELLA as an open, sustainable testbed and shares lessons learned to guide similar future initiatives. With its unique openness, heterogeneity, realism and tools, UMBRELLA aims to continue accelerating cutting-edge technology research, development and translation into real-world progress. |
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| spellingShingle | UMBRELLA: A One-stop Shop Bridging the Gap from Lab to Real-World IoT Experimentation Mavromatis, Ioannis Jin, Yichao Stanoev, Aleksandar Portelli, Anthony Weeks, Ingram Holden, Ben Glasspole, Eliot Farnham, Tim Khan, Aftab Raza, Usman Aijaz, Adnan Bierton, Thomas Seto, Ichiro Patel, Nita Sooriyabandara, Mahesh Networking and Internet Architecture Software Engineering Systems and Control UMBRELLA is an open, large-scale IoT ecosystem deployed across South Gloucestershire, UK. It is intended to accelerate innovation across multiple technology domains. UMBRELLA is built to bridge the gap between existing specialised testbeds and address holistically real-world technological challenges in a System-of-Systems (SoS) fashion. UMBRELLA provides open access to real-world devices and infrastructure, enabling researchers and the industry to evaluate solutions for Smart Cities, Robotics, Wireless Communications, Edge Intelligence, and more. Key features include over 200 multi-sensor nodes installed on public infrastructure, a robotics arena with 20 mobile robots, a 5G network-in-a-box solution, and a unified backend platform for management, control and secure user access. The heterogeneity of hardware components, including diverse sensors, communication interfaces, and GPU-enabled edge devices, coupled with tools like digital twins, allows for comprehensive experimentation and benchmarking of innovative solutions not viable in lab environments. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of UMBRELLA's multi-domain architecture and capabilities, making it an ideal playground for Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT (IIoT) innovation. It discusses the challenges in designing, developing and operating UMBRELLA as an open, sustainable testbed and shares lessons learned to guide similar future initiatives. With its unique openness, heterogeneity, realism and tools, UMBRELLA aims to continue accelerating cutting-edge technology research, development and translation into real-world progress. |
| title | UMBRELLA: A One-stop Shop Bridging the Gap from Lab to Real-World IoT Experimentation |
| topic | Networking and Internet Architecture Software Engineering Systems and Control |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.14829 |