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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

MQTT-SN


A derivative of MQTT is called MQTT-SN (sometimes called MQTT-S) for sensor networks. It keeps to the same philosophy of MQTT as a lightweight protocol for edge devices but is architected specifically for the nuances of a wireless personal area network typical in sensor environments. These traits include support for low-bandwidth links, link failure, short message length, and resource-constrained hardware. MQTT-SN is, in fact, so light that it can be run successfully over BLE and Zigbee.  

MQTT-SN does not require TCP/IP stack. It can be used over a serial link (preferred way), where a simple link protocol (to distinguish different devices on the line) overhead is really small. Alternatively it can be used over UDP, which is less hungry than TCP.

MQTT-SN architecture and topology

There are four fundamental components in an MQTT-SN topology:

  • Gateways: In MQTT-SN, a gateway has the responsibility of protocol conversion from MQTT-SN to MQTT and vice versa (although other translations are...