Author:Ledwaba, LPI; Hancke, GP; Mitrokotsa, A; Isaac, Sherrin JDate:Oct 2020Recently, work with Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) has focussed on leveraging the decentralised, immutable ledger for use outside of cryptocurrency. One industry poised to benefit from DLTs is the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT); ...Read more
Author:Heyns, R; Ndiaye, M; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Jun 2021In this work, we proposed an automated smart cart system for use in the shopping industry. A smart cart equipped with sensors and computing resources would classify as an edge device for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). In our design ...Read more
Author:Kobo, Hlabishi I; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Hancke, GPDate:Apr 2018Software Defined Wireless Sensor Networks is a new and emerging network paradigm that seeks to address the impending issues in Wireless sensor networks. It is formed by applying Software Defined Networking to wireless sensor networks whose ...Read more
Author:Moustafa, N; Choo, K-K R; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Mar 2022Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems are increasingly found in settings such as factories, smart cities/nations, and healthcare institutions. These systems facilitate the interconnection of automation and data analytics across different ...Read more
Author:Jiang, J; Lin, C; Han, G; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Shah, SBH; Martínez-García, MDate:Dec 2023The ongoing expansion of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is enabling the possibility of effective Industry 4.0, where massive sensing devices in heterogeneous environments are connected through dedicated communication protocols. This ...Read more
Author:Kinabo, AB; Mwangam, JB; Lysko, Albert ADate:May 2021The state of the art for real-time factory-floor communications consists ofa variety of protocols and technologies that aid in timely data exchange through thnetwork. The majority of these are of a fieldbus type, running on a wired link like ...Read more
Author:Ledwaba, Lehlogonolo PI; Hancke, GP; Venter, HS; Isaac, Sherrin JDate:Jan 2018In past years, cryptography has been considered a difficult task to achieve on sensor nodes for the Internet of Energy (IoE) owing to the resource-constrained nature of 8-bit and 16-bit microcontroller units (MCUs). Previous attempts at ...Read more
Author:Ledwaba, Lehlogonolo PI; Hancke, GP; Isaac, Sherrin J; Venter, HSDate:Mar 2021The increasing strain on ageing generation infrastructure has seen more frequent instances of scheduled and unscheduled blackouts, rising reliability on fossil fuel based energy alternatives and a slow down in efforts towards achieving universal ...Read more
Author:Kinabo, ABD; Mwangama, JB; Lysko, Albert ADate:Dec 2021The Internet of Things (IoT) has varied applications in industry, where its networks are uniquely characterised by a stringent requirement for reliability. Many technologies, such as PROFINET and EtherCAT, arose to fill this need for reliable ...Read more