Internet of

Things (iot)
and its
applications
PLAN :
 What's Internet of Things
 Features
 Tecnologies
 Transport and Logistics
 Daily Life and Domotics
 Web of Things
 The future of IoT

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What's Internet of Things

IoT and its applications

 CISCO'S PREVISION

In 2008 the number of things connected

to the Internet was greater than the
people living on Earth.

Within 2020 the number of things

connected to the Internet will be about
50 billion.
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 Definition
The Internet of Things, also called The Internet of
Objects, refers to a wireless network between objects.
The semantic origin of the expression is composed by
two words and concepts: “Internet” and “Thing”,
where “Internet” can be defined as “The world-wide
network of interconnected computer networks, based
on a standard communication protocol, the Internet
suite (TCP/IP)”, while “Thing” is “an object not
precisely identifiable” Therefore, semantically,
“Internet of Things” means “a world-wide network of
interconnected objects uniquely addressable, based
on standard

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The term "Internet of Things" has come to
describe a number of technologies and
research disciplines that enable the Internet
to reach out into the real world of physical
objects.
(“Things having identities and virtual
personalities operating in smart spaces
using intelligent interfaces to connect and
communicate within social, environmental,
and user contexts”.
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 Features
Unequivocally identifiable and
addressable objects
Artificial Intelligence
Architecture
Geo-Localization
Size Considerations

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 Tecnologies

• RFID
• WiFi IEEE 802.11
• Barcode e QR Code
• ZigBee IEEE 802.15.4
• Sensors and smartphones

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 RFID

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RFID
• Radio Frequency IDentification:
• a system for finding the position of a
product using radio signals
• Widely used in Transport and
Logistics
• Easy to deploy: RFID tags and RFID
readers
• The communication range and the
frequency depends on the type of
technology
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 WiFi

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 WiFi
• Very common
• Widely used both in indoor and outdoor
environments
• General purpose
• Low cost
• Highly interoperable
• Maybe not a good solution in some
• special conditions
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Barcode e QR Code

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 Barcode e QR Code
• Low cost
• No technological difficulties
• Several devices can read a barcode
• Starting point for more complex systems
• Example: price comparison

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 ZigBee

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 ZigBee
• Low cost
• Very long battery life
• Easy to deploy
• Large number of nodes (up to 64770)
• Can be used globally
• Secure
• Ideal for WPAN and mesh networks
• Support for multiple network topologies
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Sensors and smartphones

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Sensors and smartphones
 In the near future almost everybody
 will probably have a smartphone
 A smartphone isn't just a mobile
 phone that has access to the Internet
 The iPhone has a lot of different types
 of sensors

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 Top Applications
• Traffic monitoring
• Health
• Security
• Transport and Logistics
• Daily life and domotics

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 Google Traffic
To calculate your route and travel times

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 Jawbone UP

Linked to an iPhone application

Not just a passive bracelet
The application recommends to change
life-style or diet

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 AutoBot
Diagnostics service for cars
Alerts relatives in case of an accident
Discovery service of car position
Integrated with several web services

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 Transport and Logistics
 One of the first business sectors
interested in IoT technologies
 Currently two systems are already
available and deployed: ConLock and
ContainerSafe
 Integration of light sensors, GPS and
GSM

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Daily Life and Domotics

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 Web of Things

To achieve IoT we need a universal protocol

to combine several heterogeneous devices.
This protocol should be: simple, lightweight,
loosely-coupled, scalable, flexible and
standard.

Sounds like the WEB

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 Web of Things
• Several technologies and protocols already
available and widely accepted by the
community:
– HTTP, TCP, IPV6, XML, JSON, RSS, ATOM,
REST, WS-*, URI, etc.
• URI to make the objects easily identifiable and
addressable
• XML, WS-* and REST to allow the objects to
expose their features and to communicate with
external or centralized services

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The challenge of IoT
1. Technological Standardization in most areas
2. are still remain fragmented.

3. Managing and fostering rapid innovation is

4. a challenge for governments .

5. Privacy.

6. Absence of governance.
Future of IOT

Traffic Issue
Production

Daily Life

Logistics

Resource
& Power Retailing
Control
CONCLUSION :
From any time ,any place connectivity for
anyone, we will now have connectivity
for anything!