Project

IoT Lab for Remote E-Learning

The Remote Triggered Wireless Sensor Network Lab stands as India’s pioneer in the realm of remote-triggered laboratories within the field of computer science and engineering. While wireless sensor networks (WSN) are gaining global prominence, the absence of e-learning facilities hampers the accessibility and utilization of WSN and IoT applications, particularly in educational institutions. This innovative lab seeks to address this void by offering an interactive and user-friendly web environment accessible to remote students, researchers, and others. The lab can be remotely triggered, providing users with the necessary equipment and materials for engaging in experimental studies.

This laboratory encompasses 12 experiments designed to illustrate key concepts through study materials, animations, interactive simulations, and a remote panel. The remote panel serves as an interface for virtual access and triggering of the hardware components deployed in the lab. While animations and simulations enhance understanding, the practical application of learned concepts is demonstrated through remote experimentation. The outcomes are presented as charts and/or physical representations in the remote panel. The lab features a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Testbed employing Memsic micaz motes, incorporating nine sensor networks with over 100 sensor nodes indoors and one sensor network with approximately five motes outdoors. Additional hardware components include 21 Memsic interfacing boards, dielectric moisture sensors, on-board sensors, data acquisition boards, digital multimeters, and a custom-made power supply board to ensure uninterrupted testbed operation. Video streaming of the WSN test bed is facilitated using Flash Media Server.

Publication Details

• Ramesh, Guntha, K. Sangeeth, and Ramesh Maneesha. “Flexible extensible middleware framework for remote triggered wireless sensor network lab.” In Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications 2016, pp. 275-286. Springer International Publishing, 2016.
• Sangeeth, K., Preeja Pradeep, P. Divya, P. Rekha, Arya Devi RD, L. Sheeja, and Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh. “A remote code editing framework for AMRITA remote triggered WSN laboratory.” In 2015 5th International Conference on IT Convergence and Security (ICITCS), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2015.
• Pradeep, Preeja, P. Divya, RD Arya Devi, P. Rekha, K. Sangeeth, and Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh. “A remote triggered wireless sensor network testbed.” In 2015 Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), pp. 1-7. IEEE, 2015.
• Pradeep, Preeja, P. Divya, RD Arya Devi, P. Rekha, K. Sangeeth, Tinu Vinod, and Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh. “An energy aware schedule based remote triggered wireless sensor network laboratory.” In 2015 5th International Conference on IT Convergence and Security (ICITCS), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2015.
• Vinodini Ramesh, Maneesha, Preeja Pradeep, P. Divya, R. D. Arya Devi, P. Rekha, K. Sangeeth, and Y. V. Rayudu. “AMRITA remote triggered wireless sensor network laboratory framework.” In Proceedings of the 11th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, pp. 1-2. 2013.
• Hariharan, Balaji, Aparna Vadakkepatt, and Sangeeth Kumar. “Remote student localization using audio and video processing for synchronous interactive e-learning.” In 2012 Third International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT’12), pp. 1-8. IEEE, 2012.