The SCAVENGE project has been presented to UPC students

On October 19^th, the SCAVENGE project coordinator, Ph.D. Paolo Dini (CTTC) presented the project to MASTEAM-Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) students, which visited the centre to know about the research lines, the testbeds and laboratories, and also about the SCAVENGE project.

The presentation consisted of an introduction on the evolution of mobile networks, including 5G and IoT. Figures on their carbon footprint and cost of energy has been also presented, together with forecast value for the near future. Finally, the concept of sustainable mobile networks harvesting ambient energy has been explained to the students to give an overview of the research challenges of the SCAVENGE project.