Connectivity and Edge Computing in IoT: Customized Designs and AI-based Solutions

Introduction.- 1.1 The Era of Internet of Things.- 1.2 Connectivity in IoT.- 1.3 Edge Computing in IoT.- 1.4 AI in IoT.- 1.5 Scope and Organization of This Book.- References.- 2 Industrial Internet of Things: Smart Factory.- 2.1 Industrial IoT Networks.- 2.2 Connectivity Requirements of Smart Factory.- 2.2.1 Application-Specific Requirements.- 2.2.2 Related Standards.- 2.2.3 Potential Non-Link-Layer Solutions.- 2.2.4 Link-Layer Solutions: Recent Research Efforts.- 2.3 Protocol Design for Smart Factory.- 2.3.1 Networking Scenario.- 2.3.2 Mini-Slot based Carrier Sensing (MsCS).- 2.3.3 Synchronization Sensing (SyncCS).- 2.3.4 Di_erentiated Assignment Cycles.- 2.3.5 Superimposed Mini-slot Assignment (SMsA).- 2.3.6 Downlink Control.- 2.4 Performance Analysis.- 2.4.1 Delay Performance with No Buaer.- 2.4.2 Delay Performance with Buaer.- 2.4.3 Slot Idle Probability.- 2.4.4 Impact of SyncCS.- 2.4.5 Impact of SMsA.- 2.5 Scheduling and AI-Assisted Protocol Parameter Selection.- 2.5.1 Background.- 2.5.2 The Considered Scheduling Problem.- ix.- x Contents.- 2.5.3 Device Assignment.- 2.5.4 AI-Assisted Protocol Parameter Selection.- 2.6 Numerical Results.- 2.6.1 Mini-Slot Delay with MsCS, SyncCS, and SMsA.- 2.6.2 Performance of the Device Assignment Algorithms.- 2.6.3 DNN-Assisted Scheduling.- 2.7 Summary.- References.- 3 UAV-Assisted Edge Computing: Rural IoT Applications.- 3.1 Background on UAV-Assisted Edge Computing.- 3.2 Connectivity Requirements of UAV-assisted MEC for Rural.- IoT.- 3.2.1 Network Constraints.- 3.2.2 State-of-the-Art Solutions.- 3.3 Multi-Resource Allocation for UAV-Assisted Edge Computing.- 3.3.1 Network Model.- 3.3.2 Communication Model.- 3.3.3 Computing Model.- 3.3.4 Energy Consumption Model.- 3.3.5 Problem Formulation.- 3.3.6 Optimization Algorithm for UAV-Assisted Edge.- Computing.- 3.3.7 Proactive Trajectory Design based on Spatial.- Distribution Estimation.- 3.4 Numerical Results.- 3.5 Summary.- References.- 4 Collaborative Computing for Internet of

Jie Gao received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineer from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, in 2009 and 2014, respectively. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA, as an Assistant Professor in August 2020. He was a Research Associate with the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, from 2019 to 2020 and a Postdoctoral Fellow with Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada, from 2017 to 2019. His research interests include machine learning for communications and networking, Internet of Things (IoT) and industrial IoT solutions, and next-generation wireless networks in general. Dr. Gao is a Senior Member of the IEEE, an Editor for IEEE Access and Springer Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, a Co-Chair for IEEE VTC 2021 Fall Workshop on Autonomous Vehicular Networking, and a TPC member for IEEE ICC (2018-2022), IEEE WCNC (2019-2022), and IEEE VTC (2020,2021). 
Mushu Li received the B.Eng. degree from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada, in 2015, the M.Sc. degree from Ryerson University, Canada, in 2017, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada, in 2021. She is currently a research associate at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Her research interests include mobile edge computing, system optimization in wireless networks, and machine learning-assisted network management. She was the recipient of NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) in 2018, and Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) in 2015 and 2016, respectively.
Weihua Zhuang received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1993 from the University of New Brunswick, Canada. She has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo,ON, Canada, since 1993, where she is a University