Summary
In this chapter, we learned about the characteristics of WSNs and how we can architect them while incorporating best practices and considerations for ensuring that they can be well positioned to handle the different unique challenges that are posed by their setup compared to other networks, alongside the environment that they are deployed in. We learned more about commonly used APIs within protocol communication with IoT, such as the REST API. Then, we learned how to evaluate WSNs through metrics and understood the different models that can contribute to saving on power consumption within these systems. We took a deeper look into all this by getting hands-on and building our own WSN. We did this by creating a smart energy monitoring and management system based on what we have learned and applying Blynk as an associated IoT platform.
In the next chapter, we will further our understanding of network building by discussing building networks on the edge.