The Internet of Things (IoT) technology allows any device to be connected to the Internet thanks to wireless, low-power and powerful technologies. For example, to monitor a forest and prevent a fire, you can obtain data temperature from different points thanks to a sensor that sends them to a central device. "Although today this possibility exists thanks to the IoT, when a massive network of sensors is used, conflicts arise and communication gets stuck," explains the professor at Tecnun Héctor Solar. Mioty technology solves all the limitations of previous technologies.

Tecnun hosted a meeting among experts in the Internet of Things (IoT) with the goal to publicize the Mioty technology, created by the Fraunhofer Institute, which could change the rules of the game for smart cities and the world of measurement. This was stated by the former director of the Fraunhofer Institute's Telecommunication Systems division, Michael Schlichtwho is a professor at the Master's Degree in Telecommunication Engineering at Tecnun.

As the expert explained, this communication technology allows the simultaneous transmission of data packets from a large issue of sensors over long distances and has a multitude of applications in scenarios such as smart cities, Industry 4.0, Logistics or Agriculture. "Water waste is one of the main problems we are facing and this technology will allow us to detect, prevent and eliminate leaks or other subject of anomalies in faulty pipes," he exemplified.

It should be noted that the seminar was part of the German alliance Mioty of which Tecnun is part since the beginning and in which 29 other partners, including companies, universities and centers research, develop solutions in the field of communication. Also participating in the meeting were professionals from the Swiss business Loriot. "Tecnun was the first university to enter because there is a relationship of trust," explained Schlicht. And he added that "in these 25 years of partnership between both institutions there has been a successful exchange of hundreds of students".

Transfer of knowledge

Tecnun, as a member of the Mioty Alliance, will contribute to the training of the student body of the Degree in Telecommunication Systems Engineering, as well as the Master's Degree in Telecommunication Engineering. "Mioty is an emerging technology and students will be among the first to develop applications with it," said Roc Berenguer, Full Professor of department in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.  

In this sense, students will work on two projects related to social welfare and the improvement of energy efficiency in the hand of the Bioma and the School of Architecture of the University of Navarra.