Experiment Control and Monitoring System for LOG-a-TEC Testbed

Area of Science:

• Computer Science
• Electrical Engineering
• Wireless Communications

Background:

• The LOG-a-TEC testbed, part of the Fed4FIRE+ federation, lacks real-time experiment control and monitoring.
• This limitation hinders reproducible experimentation for sensor networks and machine-type communications.

Purpose of the Study:

• To implement an Experiment Control and Monitoring System (EC and MS) for the LOG-a-TEC testbed.
• To enhance the testbed's capabilities for real-time experiment management and data exchange.

Main Methods:

• Integrated EC and MS as a new service within the existing infrastructure management system.
• Developed a new tab in the sensor management system portal for EC and MS access.
• Utilized the ZeroMQ concurrency framework for asynchronous, real-time data exchange.

Main Results:

• The EC and MS provides remote control (start, stop, reset) and real-time status monitoring of experiments.
• Enabled access to the Contiki-NG shell tool for enhanced experiment execution control.
• The system supports continuous deployment principles without disruption.

Conclusions:

• The implemented EC and MS successfully upgrades the LOG-a-TEC testbed, enabling real-time control and monitoring.
• The system facilitates reproducible experiments and enhances user control over wireless testbed operations.
• Evaluated through BLE localization and 6TiSCH interference avoidance experiments for Industrial IoT.