Internet of Things (IoT) Network

An Internet of Things (IoT) Network is an information network composed of interconnected devices that are able to communicate with each other and exchange data using the internet.

• See: Edge Device, Machine to Machine, Smart Grid, Smart Thermostat, Embedded System, Electronics Sensor, Internet Access, Cyber-Physical System, Smart Home, Intelligent Transportation, Gartner Hype Cycle.

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2023

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  • An Internet of Things (IoT) network is a collection of interconnected devices that are able to communicate with each other and exchange data using the internet. These devices can be anything from smart home appliances and wearable fitness trackers to industrial sensors and autonomous vehicles.

    IoT networks typically consist of three main components:

    • Devices: These are the physical devices that are part of the IoT network. They can include sensors, actuators, and other types of devices that are able to collect and transmit data.
    • Connectivity: This refers to the means by which the devices in the IoT network are able to communicate with each other and with other devices on the internet. This can include a variety of communication protocols and technologies, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular networks, and low-power wide area networks (LPWAN).
    • Cloud-based platforms and applications: These are the tools and services that allow organizations to collect, store, and analyze the data generated by the IoT devices in their network. Cloud-based platforms and applications may also provide tools for managing the devices in the network, monitoring their performance, and creating alerts or automated responses to certain events or conditions.
  • IoT networks are being used in a wide range of applications, including smart homes, smart cities, industrial automation, healthcare, and transportation. As the number of IoT devices and applications continues to grow, IoT networks are becoming increasingly complex and diverse, requiring advanced technologies and strategies for managing and securing them.

2016

• (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things Retrieved:2016-3-28.
  • The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects — devices, vehicles, buildings and other items — embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity that enables these objects to collect and exchange data. The IoT allows objects to be sensed and controlled remotely across existing network infrastructure, creating opportunities for more direct integration of the physical world into computer-based systems, and resulting in improved efficiency, accuracy and economic benefit; when IoT is augmented with sensors and actuators, the technology becomes an instance of the more general class of cyber-physical systems, which also encompasses technologies such as smart grids, smart homes, intelligent transportation and smart cities. Each thing is uniquely identifiable through its embedded computing system but is able to interoperate within the existing Internet infrastructure. Experts estimate that the IoT will consist of almost 50 billion objects by 2020. British entrepreneur Kevin Ashton first coined the term in 1999 while working at Auto-ID Labs (originally called Auto-ID centers, referring to a global network of objects connected to radio-frequency identification, or RFID). Typically, IoT is expected to offer advanced connectivity of devices, systems, and services that goes beyond machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and covers a variety of protocols, domains, and applications. The interconnection of these embedded devices (including smart objects), is expected to usher in automation in nearly all fields, while also enabling advanced applications like a smart grid, and expanding to the areas such as smart cities. "Things," in the IoT sense, can refer to a wide variety of devices such as heart monitoring implants, biochip transponders on farm animals, electric clams in coastal waters, automobiles with built-in sensors, DNA analysis devices for environmental/food/pathogen monitoring or field operation devices that assist firefighters in search and rescue operations. Legal scholars suggest to look at "Things" as an "inextricable mixture of hardware, software, data and service". These devices collect useful data with the help of various existing technologies and then autonomously flow the data between other devices. Current market examples include smart thermostat systems and washer/dryers that use Wi-Fi for remote monitoring. As well as the expansion of Internet-connected automation into a plethora of new application areas, IoT is also expected to generate large amounts of data from diverse locations, with the consequent necessity for quick aggregation of the data, and an increase in the need to index, store, and process such data more effectively. IoT is one of the platforms of today's Smart City, and Smart Energy Management Systems.

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2014

• (Rifkin, 2014) ⇒ Jeremy Rifkin. (2014). “The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism." Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN:1137278463
  • QUOTE: The enormous leap in productivity is possible because the emerging Internet of Things is the first smart-infrastructure revolution in history: one that will connect every machine, business, residence, and vehicle in an intelligent network comprised of a Communications Internet, Energy Internet, and Logistics Internet, all embedded in a single operating system. In the United States alone, 37 million digital smart meters are now providing real-time information on electricity use.

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