Internet of Things

The path towards communication ubiquity started years ago with the aim of offering to users different services anytime and anywhere. This is becoming true only because wireless and mobile communication have had a remarkable evolution, as has the miniaturization of mobile terminals, while keeping high performance and security. The Internet of Things appears to be the ultimate or next step of ubiquitous networks. It is the imminent future generation of networks that will connect not only networked terminals (mobile phones, computers, smart devices), but also everyday objects that were until now just "un-networked things" or "inert objects". This will be possible by combining the evolving technologies and networking frameworks to be capable of attaining this very challenging new era of communication.§Internet of Things: Connecting Objects... puts forward the technologies and the networking architectures which make it possible to support the Internet of Things. Amongst these technologies, RFID, sensor and PLC technologies are described and a clear view on how they enable the Internet of Things is given. This book also provides a good overview of the main issues facing the Internet of Things such as the issues of privacy and security, application and usage, and standardization.