LEAP is the global platform and unique event for
future technologies and the most disruptive technology professionals from
around the world. It is where progress is accelerating most, and cutting-edge technologies
are getting adopted first.
The
Electrical and Communications and Networks Engineering students visited a field
trip to LEAP, an international level technical exhibition held in Riyadh on 1st
Feb 2022 organized by their course teacher Dr. Umashankar Subramaniam. They
benefited a lot from the exhibition, especially in Huawei corner and Ericsson
stall was remote and condition monitoring of power lines and towers in remote
locations. They also benefited from how 5G and high-speed communication and
networking are important for smart cities to prioritize monitoring and managing
the different locations. They also witnessed drones in STC corner which is
primarily used for diagnostics and surveillance. The students also drove the
electric car virtually to test the different scenarios like acceleration and
braking. They learned how the high-speed GHz mm waves used in point-to-point
communication with a distance of about 1.5km in a Nokia stall. They also
benefited from Mobily, Schneider Electric, and Cisco stalls with the application
of Communication and Networking. In the end, students thanked Prof. Umashankar
and the Department for arranging this most valuable field trip to the LEAP
exhibition for their knowledge and observation of how communication technologies
are applied in real-time applications, and how it helps them to apply their
theoretical knowledge in real-time applications in the senior design projects.