Integration of ioT multihop networks with MEC infrastructures for Next Generation Networks

This demonstration shows the feasibility of deploying scalable and interactive Internet of Things (IoT)/Mixed Reality (MR) environments assisted by Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) infrastructures. The setup recollects data from IoT sensors based on an enhanced version of the link layer MuHow protocol to achieve multi-hop data gathering without incurring in Internet Protocol (IP) overhead. Once the data are collected, they are forwarded to a MEC infrastructure via the Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol. The close Edge infraestructure runs an immersive MR application that receives and allows to visualize the recollected information from sensors in real-time through a Meta Quest 3 headset, providing an intuitive interface based on Digital Twins (DTs) to interact with cyber-physical systems.