Yoshito Watanabe
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
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About
Yoshito Watanabe is a leading researcher in the field of next-generation communication networks, with a primary focus on enabling the “Beyond 5G” society through autonomous mobility. His major contribution is the conceptualization and prototyping of the **Piggy-back Network**, a novel data transfer paradigm that leverages autonomous mobilities—such as service robots—as data carriers. This approach relies on a store-carry-forwarding (SCF) principle, where information is physically transported by moving agents to overcome the limitations of traditional infrastructure. His seminal 2021 overview paper, which has garnered 5 citations, details the key technologies and a working prototype on a service robot platform, demonstrating the practical viability of this concept. By integrating communication with autonomous systems, Watanabe’s work addresses critical challenges in connectivity for remote or dynamic environments, offering a scalable solution for the future Internet of Things. His research stands at the intersection of robotics and network engineering, promising to redefine how data is routed in an increasingly mobile and automated world.
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