Setting up an IoT lecture for Centrale Lille: A LoRa(WAN)^™-based labwork, from data transmission to data visualization

Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ISEN, Univ. Valenciennes, UMR 8520 IEMN, LIA LICS/LEMAC, F-59000 Lille, France

^* anthony.trioux@uphf.fr
^* philippe.pernod@centralelille.fr
^* olivier.boumatar@centralelille.fr
^* yannick.dusch@centralelille.fr

Abstract

As part of the education reform of the École Centrale de Lille, a new lecture for the “Internet of Things” has been created. Entitled “Mobile networks, IoT and UHS (Ultra High Speed) communications” and taught in English it takes place in the “Advanced communication networks” teaching unit (UE) for the third year students of the École Centrale de Lille engineering curriculum as well as for master students enrolled in Centrale Lille. In this lecture, students acquire knowledge about cellular networks, new LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Network) technologies such as LoRa^™ or Sigfox^™ and UHS communications. The labwork focuses on the LoRa(WAN) protocol, where students create their first and complete IoT application, from data transmission to data visualization using popular applications/software. The lab-work is based on a “problem analysis/problem resolution” (PAPR) approach where students first need to analyze what they observe and finally need to propose solutions to avoid encountered problems based on knowledge acquired during the lecture.