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Implementing Cellular IoT Solutions for Digital Transformation

By : Dennis McCain
Book Image

Implementing Cellular IoT Solutions for Digital Transformation

By: Dennis McCain

Overview of this book

Even if you’re an IoT technology manager with a sound understanding of wireless local area network technologies like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, you may face many unique challenges when implementing a wireless wide area network (WWAN) IoT solution with cellular technologies with respect to choosing the optimal IoT device, cellular connectivity, and architecture. To help you overcome such roadblocks, this digital transformation book guides you in implementing a robust, end-to-end cellular IoT solution using best practices for all aspects of managing the IoT solution. Starting with an introduction to the top IoT markets and solutions in the context of an enterprise’s digital transformation, this book will show you how this leads to cost savings and new business models. You’ll grasp all you need to know about the IoT system components, life cycle, and best practices for implementing an IoT solution. While the book explains all the leading IoT wireless technologies, the focus is on LTE and 5G cellular technologies. With a review of real-world cellular IoT solution case studies and future IoT trends, you'll be ready to work with wireless IoT technologies, devices, and architectures. By the end of this book, you'll be able to identify the best wireless technologies for your IoT use cases and successfully implement cellular IoT solutions addressing key issues in the solution life cycle.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
1
Part 1: Entering the World of the Internet of Things
5
Part 2: Deep Dive into Cellular IoT Solutions
11
Part 3: Cellular IoT Solution Life Cycle and Future Trends

High-level IoT architecture

Regardless of the IoT use case, the basic architecture shown in Figure 2.1 applies. At a high level, all IoT solutions have a device component for collecting the relevant IoT data which includes sensor data such as location, temperature, acceleration, flow, or other remote monitoring information. This data is typically transmitted using various wireless technologies, such as Wi-Fi or cellular, to an IP gateway using specific messaging protocols to the IoT platform and application across an IP-based network. Most IoT solutions also require two-way communication from the IoT application to change, for example, the device configuration or affect a change to an actuator on a machine. To explore the components of this high-level architecture in more detail, let us look at the five-layer IoT protocol stack shown in Figure 2.2.

Figure 2.2 – The IoT protocol stack

Figure 2.2 – The IoT protocol stack

This is a more detailed look at the high-level IoT architecture...