A Primer on Techtile: An R&D Testbed for Distributed Communication, Sensing and Positioning
Gilles Callebaut, Jarne Van Mulders, Geoffrey Ottoy, Liesbet Van der, Perre

TL;DR
The paper introduces Techtile, a versatile testbed infrastructure designed for experimental research in wireless communication, sensing, and positioning, enabling validation of innovative solutions in hyper-connected environments.
Contribution
It presents the design and capabilities of Techtile, a multi-functional testbed with distributed resources, supporting diverse technologies and experimental exploration of new communication and sensing paradigms.
Findings
Supports experimental validation of wireless solutions
Enables exploration of 3D directional and interface diversity
Facilitates research on hyper-connected interactive environments
Abstract
The Techtile measurement infrastructure is a multi-functional, versatile testbed for new communication and sensing technologies relying on fine-grained distributed resources. The facility enables experimental research on hyper-connected interactive environments and validation of new wireless connectivity, sensing and positioning solutions. It consists of a data acquisition and processing equipment backbone and a fabric of dispersed edge computing devices, Software-Defined Radios, sensors, and LED sources. These bring intelligence close to the applications and can also collectively function as a massive, distributed resource. Furthermore, the infrastructure allows exploring more degrees and new types of diversity, i.e., scaling up the number of elements, introducing `3D directional diversity' by deploying the distributed elements with different orientations, and `interface diversity' by…
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Taxonomy
TopicsModular Robots and Swarm Intelligence · Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems
