Course detail

Principles and Design of IoT

FIT-TOIAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course reflects modern trends in the field of data acquisition and processing from sensors. The lectures provide the foundational knowledge in possibilities of data acquisition from sensors, fusion of data from multiple sensors, themes of data analysis in IoT systems (data mining, classification, decision support algorithms), control of sensor module consumption, communication in IoT systems, design and implementation of IoT systems. In the practical part (project) students will go through all phases of development of simple IoT system from design stage to realization of functional system.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Vladimír Janoušek, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Intelligent Systems (UITS)

Entry knowledge

Valid schooling of Edict No. 50 (work with electrical devices) is needed.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

  1. Written midterm test
  2. Participation and active work in laboratories + exercises
  3. 2 Projects (get at least 3 points from each project)
  4. Final written exam – 55 points, with a minimum requirement of 20 points.


In the case of missed HW laboratories it is possible to replace them until the laboratory is ready for further laboratory practice. Please inform the head of the laboratory or the course supervisor without any delay.

Aims

In the course, students learn about the possibilities of digitizing physical phenomena of the world, analyzing data from sensors for decision making and with basic concepts of IoT systems. The aim is to teach students the necessary knowledge of IT for design and implementation of IoT systems.
By completing the courses, student gets knowledge about function and composition of IoT system. The acquired knowledge can then be used to implement its own IoT system based on sensor modules, communication means, cloud or actuators. Valuable knowledge can include data processing and analysis for management or decision making purposes.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

DUNNING, Ted; FRIEDMAN, B. Ellen. Time Series Databases: New Ways to Store and Access Data. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media, 2014.
LEA, Perry. Internet of Things for Architects: Architecting IoT solutions by implementing sensors, communication infrastructure, edge computing, analytics, and security. Packt Publishing Ltd, 2018.
OLENEWA, Jorge. Guide to wireless communications. Cengage Learning, 2013.
SERPANOS, Dimitrios; WOLF, Marilyn. Internet-of-Things (IoT) Systems: Architectures, Algorithms, Methodologies. Springer, 2017.

Recommended reading

ABU-ELKHEIR, Mervat; HAYAJNEH, Mohammad; ALI, Najah. Data management for the internet of things: Design primitives and solution. Sensors, 2013, 13.11: 15582-15612.
ALIOTO, Massimo (ed.). Enabling the Internet of Things: From Integrated Circuits to Integrated Systems. Springer, 2017.
CHOU, Timothy. Precision-Principles, Practices and Solutions for the Internet of Things. McGraw-Hill Education, 2017.
SAUTER, Martin. From GSM to LTE-advanced Pro and 5G: An introduction to mobile networks and mobile broadband. John Wiley & Sons, 2017.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MITAI Master's

    specialization NSEC , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NNET , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NMAL , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NCPS , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NHPC , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NVER , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NIDE , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory, profile core courses
    specialization NISY , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NEMB , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NSPE , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NEMB , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NBIO , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NSEN , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NVIZ , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NGRI , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NADE , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NISD , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
    specialization NMAT , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Zdeněk Vašíček, Ph.D.
Ing. Tomáš Goldmann, Ph.D.
Ing. Martin Sakin

Syllabus

  1. Introduction to IoT (What is IoT ?, Summary of available sensors, Communication at sensor data transfer level).
  2. Parts of IoT system (Things, Network, Cloud, Actuators,..).
  3. Communication interfaces used in IoT systems (Unlicensed 2.4 GHz band, Unlicensed 433 MHz and 868 MHz bands, Proprietary NarrowBand technology).
  4. Communication protocols for Internet of Things (Request-Response, Publish-Subscribe, and more).
  5. IoT System Design I.  (Architecture of IoT system).
  6. IoT System Design II. (Consumption of sensor and communication modules, Design of low energy IoT systems).
  7. Time series.
  8. Data management and data analysis in the IoT systems (Data management in centralized and distributed systems, Algorithms for data classification and reduction).
  9. Data visualisation and services (Data structures, Data visualization, IoT support services).
  10. Mobile Technologies for the Internet of Things.
  11. Biometric sensors (Biometric sensors used for authentication in IoT systems, Development of modern sensor systems for biometrics).
  12. Real World Applications of Internet of Things (IoT).
  13. Smart city, Intelligent home.

Laboratory exercise

8 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Vojtěch Mrázek, Ph.D.
Ing. Štěpán Rydlo
Ing. Tomáš Goldmann, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. IoT device commissioning.
  2. Multiple sensor data aggregation.
  3. Data mining in IoT systems.
  4. Biometric Authentication in IoT Systems.

Project

18 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Štěpán Rydlo
Ing. Tomáš Goldmann, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Creating a sensor module.
  2. Analysis of data from IoT system.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course