Introduction to IoT

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Internet of Things, as a research field, piques the interest of a growing community of academics and scholars across the world. It has witnessed massive adoption and large-scale deployment in industries and other spheres of everyday life. Considerable theoretical information about IoT as well as tutorials, courses, implementations, use-cases, etc., is available across the web. However, all this available information is so scattered that even professionals in the field have trouble obtaining concise information on IoT and connecting the dots between the various technologies relating to it. This book serves as a textbook and also as a single point of reference for readers interested in the subject. Written by leading experts in the field, this lucid and comprehensive work provides a clear understanding of the operation and scope of the IoT. It discusses the basics of networking, network security, precursor technologies of IoT and the emergence of IoT. It gives an overview of various connectivity, communication, and interoperability protocols prevalent in the field. While providing a dedicated overview and scope of implementation of various analytical methods used for IoT, the book discusses numerous case studies and provides hands-on IoT exercises, enabling readers to visualize the interdisciplinary nature of IoT applications and understand how they have managed to gain a foothold in the technology sector. The book also serves curious, non-technical readers, enabling them to understand necessary concepts and terminologies associated with IoT"--