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Mastering IOT

By : Colin Dow, Perry Lea
Book Image

Mastering IOT

By: Colin Dow, 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. We’ll begin our journey with an introduction to Raspberry Pi and quickly jump right into Python programming. We’ll learn all concepts through multiple projects, and then reinforce our learnings by creating an IoT robot car. We’ll examine modern sensor systems and focus on what their power and functionality can bring to our system. We’ll also gain insight into cloud and fog architectures, including the OpenFog standards. The Learning Path will conclude by discussing three forms of prevalent attacks and ways to improve the security of our IoT infrastructure. By the end of this Learning Path, we will have traversed the entire spectrum of technologies needed to build a successful IoT system, and will have the confidence to build, secure, and monitor our IoT infrastructure. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: Internet of Things Programming Projects by Colin Dow Internet of Things for Architects by Perry Lea
Table of Contents (34 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Free Chapter
1
The IoT Story
Index

Chapter 6. IP-Based WPAN and WLAN

WPAN networks have adopted protocols that are typically not TCP/IP, at least from the outset. The protocol stacks for Bluetooth, Zigbee, and Z-Wave have similarities to a true TCP/IP protocol but don't inherently communicate over TCP/IP. There are adaptions of IP on Zigbee (using Zigbee-IP) and IP over Bluetooth (using IPSP to support 6LoWPAN) that do exist. Later in this chapter, we will cover an example of a WPAN using the 802.15.4 protocol with a true IPv6 (thread) compatible layer capable of joining any IPv6 network.

This chapter will also cover the standards around Wi-Fi using the IEEE 802.11 protocols. While typically thought of as a wireless LAN (WLAN), 802.11 protocols are pervasive and of use in IoT deployments especially in smart sensors and gateway hubs. This chapter will provide a formal treatment of the 802.11 Wi-Fi catalog of standards including the new IEEE802.11ac high-speed protocol. 802.11 also extends into the world of IoT for the vehicle...