DEDAN KIMATHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

UNIT CODE: CIT 4101

UNIT TITLE: INTERNET OF THINGS

LECTURER: Elizabeth Mutua EMAIL: Elizabeth.ndunge@dkut.ac.ke

Goal
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the Internet of Things paradigm, helping them
appreciate nature of Internet evolution and opportunities and challenges associated with the Internet of
Things.

Objectives
At the end of the course the learner should be able to:-
1. Explain the concept of the network as the foundation for connecting billions of things
2. Describe the enabling technologies and communication models that support the Internet of
Things
3. Explain the IoT applications in industry, healthcare, logistics, and personal and social domains.
4. Develop and implement an application for the Internet of Things

Course Outline
Time allocated
Week Topic covered
1 Introduction to the Internet of Things: origins; drivers; 3 hours
applications; evolution of the Internet

2 Big data analytics : Concept of big data, attributes of big data, 3 hours
challenges of big data, big data storage, cloud computing and
cloud services, distributed data processing, data analysis and
visualization

3 Internet of things connectivity models: Device to device 3 hours

communication; Device to cloud communication; Device to
gateway model; Back-end data sharing model. IoT layered
architecture;
Assignment 1

4 CAT 1 1 hour
5 IoT Enabling technologies and Automation: IPv6, Cloud
computing, RFID; Introduction to RFID; Applications of RFID; 3 hours
automation, ZigBee, Sigfox, thread. NB-IoT, LTE-cat MI
6 Internet of Things Lifecycle: Collect, communicate, analyze 3 hours
and Act

7 Internet of Things Applications: Use of Internet of Things in 3 hours

Home, transport, health, buildings and cities
 8 CAT 2 1 HOUR
9 Challenges with Internet of Things: Security; privacy 3 hours
considerations; interoperability and standards; regulatory issues;
emerging economy and development issues

10 IoT applications in Artificial Intelligence and Machine

learning: Collaborative robots, drones, smart cities, digital twins,
smart retailers, introduction to machine learning. Supervised 3 hours
/unsupervised learning

11 IoT cloud platforms: Cloud internet of things core, Cloud

Pub/Sub, Azure internet of things, Amazon web services and 3 hours
Google cloud internet of things
Assignment II

12 CAT 3 1 hour

13 Revision

Mode of delivery:

The method of instruction will be lectures, practical laboratory sessions, presentations and
demonstrations. Lectures: 3 Hours per week.

Instructional materials / equipment

Marker pen, White board, Computer Lab (at least 2 computers); Operating system such Microsoft
Windows/Linux & Contiki OS; Tools: Arduino board, Raspberry Pi device , Network simulation program
(e.g. Packet Tracer); Wireshark

Evaluation
1. Two (2) CATs 20 Marks
2. Assignments (2) 10 Marks
3. Main Exam 70 Marks

Core Text
1. Rayes, A. and Salam, S., 2016. Internet of Things from hype to reality: the road to digitization.
Springer.

Reference Texts
1. Greengard, S. (2015). The Internet of Things: The Mit Press Essential Knowledge Series. Hachette
Audio.
2. McEwen, A., & Cassimally, H. (2013). Designing the internet of things. John Wiley & Sons.