Contents

• What is IOT?

• Why IOT?

• Origin of IOT.

• Definition of IOT.

• Components of IOT

• Characteristic of IOT.

• Architecture

• Application

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IoT

• Internet technology connecting devices, machines and tools to the

internet by means of wireless technologies.

• Over 9 billion ‘Things’ connected to the Internet, as of now.

• ‘Things’ connected to the Internet are projected to cross 20 billion in

the near future.

• Unification of technologies such as low-power embedded systems,

cloud computing, big-data, machine learning, and networking

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Origin of Terminology
• The title of the report was “Internet of Things”
• Discussed the possibility of internet connected M2M connectivity
• networks, extending to common household devices.
• Some areas identified as IoT enablers:
RFID,

Nanotechnology,

Sensors,

Smart Networks.

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Alternate Definition
• The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical
objects that contain embedded technology to communicate
and sense or interact with their internal states or the
external environment.

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Characteristics
 Efficient, scalable and associated architecture

 Unambiguous naming and addressing

 Abundance of sleeping nodes, mobile and non-IP devices

 Intermittent connectivity

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Figure 1: Simplified block diagram of the basic building blocks of the IoT

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Sensors

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Processors

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Gateway

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Connectivity Layers
References

• Reference Books –
• Daniel Minoli, “Building the Internet of Things with IPv6 and MIPv6:
The Evolving World of M2M Communications”, ISBN: 978-1-118-
47347-4, Willy Publications
• Vijay Madisetti and ArshdeepBahga, “Internet of Things (A Hands-
onApproach)”, 1 st Edition, VPT, 2014.
• http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse570-15/ftp/iot_prot/index.html

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