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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

Fog and edge consortia


Fog and edge computing are becoming a growing need and a bifurcated set of industry standards are being adopted. Industrial organization and industry standards are needed to help resolve growing interoperability problems with fog computing. This section highlights some of the organizations building standards and frameworks for industry interoperability.

OpenFog

The details of the company are as follows:

OpenFog is a non-profit public/private partnership that establishes standards and the adoption of fog computing. The group is chartered with influencing other standard bodies in areas such as cloud interoperability, security, and collaborating on standards. OpenFog has formed partnerships with IEEE and OPC and is governed by a 15-person board membership. There is a technical committee with six working groups under it that specialize in architecture, test beds, and other design components. They...