Telecom Italia

Sisvel Technology S.r.l.

Fondazione Torino Wireless

Instituto Superiore Mario Boella Sulle Tecnologie Dell'informazione E Delle Telecomunicazioni

Giovanni Malnati

Giovanni Martini

Pino Castrogiovanni

Paola Ruo Rui

Roberto Prato

Aleck Ferrari

Monica Badella

Fabio Forno

Loris Valera

Andrea Carlevato

Andrea Pietro Titli

Claudia Barberis

Luca Tessitore

Gianfranco Caputo

Michele Di Gangi

Giuseppe Portelli

A distributed system for storing digital data is disclosed. The distributed system includes a portable storage device suitable for being connected to a terminal, at least one storage server and a dispatching server. The dispatching server is suitable for retrieving accessibility information indicating that the at least one storage server is accessible by the portable storage device. The portable storage device is suitable for, when connected to the terminal, sending identification information to the dispatching server. The dispatching server is suitable for, upon reception of the identification information, using the identification information for retrieving the accessibility information and for sending the accessibility information to the portable storage device. The portable storage device is suitable for, upon reception of the accessibility information from the dispatching server, using the accessibility information for establishing a connection with the at least one storage server and for allowing the terminal to access it.

Distributed system for storing digital data

A mobile communication and localization device cooperating with a plurality of mobile network devices includes a processing unit; a data structure containing a plurality of entries, each entry containing information about a corresponding mobile network device and a corresponding time stamp; a unit for sending data packets at respective transmission instants, each data packet containing position data indicating the position of corresponding mobile network devices; a unit for receiving data packets sent by sender mobile devices belonging to the plurality of mobile network devices; and a unit for determining the relative position of corresponding mobile network devices based on position data contained in the data packets.

Mobile communication and localization device

A system is provided including a device and a control module. The device has a first wireless interface for connecting to a first further device and a second wireless interface for connecting to the control module. The first wireless interface is suitable for detecting that a second further device is located within its coverage area. The second wireless interface is suitable for communicating to the control module that the second further device is located within the coverage area. The control module is suitable for executing a service logic and for transmitting to the second wireless interface a command to disconnect the first wireless interface from the first further device. The first wireless interface is configured for executing the command, thus automatically disconnecting from the first further device, and for connecting the device to the second further device.

System and method for automatically switching connection of a wireless interface

A local positioning system comprises a plurality of sensor elements that may communicate with mobile units in a wireless fashion. The responsiveness of the mobile units is measured by yes/no answers and averaged so as to provide a measure of the distance of a mobile unit to a specified sensor element. Based on this measure and the known positions of the sensor element, the position of the mobile unit is estimated, for instance by a model of ideal springs.

System and method for estimating mobile wireless unit position in a localized area

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Turin, Italy

Giovanni Malnati