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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

Public, private, and hybrid cloud


Within the cloud environment stand three different models of cloud topologies that are generally used: private cloud, public cloud, and hybrid cloud. Regardless of the model, cloud frameworks should all provide the ability to dynamically scale, develop, and deploy rapidly, and have the appearance of locality regardless of proximity:

Left: public cloud. Middle: private vs. public cloud. Right: hybrid cloud. 

Private clouds also imply on-premise managed components. Modern enterprise systems tend to use a hybrid architecture to ensure the safety of mission-critical applications and data on-premise, and use the public cloud for connectivity, deployment ease, and rapid development.

Private cloud

In a private cloud, the infrastructure is provisioned for a single organization or corporation. There is no concept of resource sharing or pooling outside of the owner's own infrastructure. Within the premises, sharing and pooling are common. A private cloud exists for a...