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Internet of Things for Architects

By : Perry Lea
Book Image

Internet of Things for Architects

By: Perry Lea

Overview of this book

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the fastest growing technology market. Industries are embracing IoT technologies to improve operational expenses, product life, and people's well-being. An architectural guide is necessary if you want to traverse the spectrum of technologies needed to build a successful IoT system, whether that's a single device or millions of devices. This book encompasses the entire spectrum of IoT solutions, from sensors to the cloud. We start by examining modern sensor systems and focus on their power and functionality. After that, we dive deep into communication theory, paying close attention to near-range PAN, including the new Bluetooth® 5.0 specification and mesh networks. Then, we explore IP-based communication in LAN and WAN, including 802.11ah, 5G LTE cellular, Sigfox, and LoRaWAN. Next, we cover edge routing and gateways and their role in fog computing, as well as the messaging protocols of MQTT and CoAP. With the data now in internet form, you'll get an understanding of cloud and fog architectures, including the OpenFog standards. We wrap up the analytics portion of the book with the application of statistical analysis, complex event processing, and deep learning models. Finally, we conclude by providing a holistic view of the IoT security stack and the anatomical details of IoT exploits while countering them with software defined perimeters and blockchains.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Free Chapter
1
The IoT Story

Cloud services model


Cloud providers typically support a range of Everything as a Service (XaaS) products. That is, as a pay-for-use software service. Services include Networking as a Service (NaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Each model introduces more and more cloud vendor services. These service offerings are the value-add of cloud computing. At a minimum, these services should offset the capital expense a customer faces for purchasing and maintaining such data center equipment and replace it as an operational expense. The standard definition of cloud computing can be found via the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Peter M. Mell and Timothy Grance. 2011. SP 800-145. the NIST Definition of Cloud Computing. Technical Report. NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, United States.

The following figure illustrates the differences in management of cloud models that will be described in the subsequent sections:

Cloud architecture...