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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

Chapter 9. IoT Edge to Cloud Protocols

So far in this book, we have generated data or an event from a device running at the network edge. We have discussed various telecommunication mediums and technologies to move that data from the WPAN, WLAN, and WAN. There are many complexities and subtleties in building and bridging these network connections from non-IP-based PAN networks to IP-based WAN networks. There are also protocol conversions that need to be understood. Standard protocols are the tools that bind and encapsulate raw data from a sensor to something meaningful and formatted for the cloud to accept. One of the principal differences between an IOT system and M2M system is that M2M may communicate over a WAN to a dedicated server or system with no encapsulated protocol whatsoever. The IoT by definition is based on communication between endpoints and services with the internet being the common network fabric.

This chapter will also detail the necessary protocols prevalent in the IOT...