David Plets

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David Plets obtained a Master’s Degree in Electrotechnical Engineering in 2006. In 2011, he obtained his PhD with a dissertation on the characterization and optimization of the coverage of wireless broadcast and WLAN networks. Currently, he is a member of the WAVES research group at imec - Ghent University. His research interests include localization techniques and IoT, both for industrial and health-related applications. He is also involved in research on the optimization of (cognitive) wireless communication networks, with a focus on coverage, interference and exposure. In October 2016, he became a part-time professor in exposure to multiple physical agents in smart buildings.

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Authored articles

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The internet of unexpected things

30/05/2018
Industry 4.0 & robotics

A selection of IoT projects that appeal to the imagination, in which imec collaborates closely with industrial partners.

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Poor and unstable indoor Wi-Fi coverage: a relic from the past?!

29/09/2017
Industry 4.0 & robotics

Researchers at imec - Ghent University have developed a new approach to indoor Wi-Fi network planning; one that foresees in optimal coverage and is ten times faster than today’s site survey approach.

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