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Internet of Things for Architects

By : Perry Lea
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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

Summary


While there is some commonality between the types of long-range communication technologies, they also are targeting different use cases and segments. The IoT architect should choose wisely which long-range system they intend to adopt. Like other components of the IoT system, the LPWAN is difficult to change once deployed. Considerations in picking the correct LPWAN include:

  • What data rate does the IoT deployment need to use?
  • Can the solution scale with the same LPWAN across regions? Is there proper coverage or does it need to be built?
  • What range of transmission is appropriate?
  • Is there any latency requirement for this IoT solution? Can the solution work with very high (multiple seconds) latencies?
  • Are the IoT endpoints battery powered and what is the cost of servicing them?
  • What are the cost constraints of the endpoints?  

Note

A few other LPWAN technologies also exist such as Ingenu in the USA and the  Weightless Technologies (i.e. Weight-N, Weightless-W, and Weightless-P). Weightless...