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IoT and Edge Computing for Architects - Second Edition

By : Perry Lea
Book Image

IoT and Edge Computing for Architects - Second Edition

By: Perry Lea

Overview of this book

Industries are embracing IoT technologies to improve operational expenses, product life, and people's well-being. An architectural guide is needed 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 IoT devices. IoT and Edge Computing for Architects, Second Edition encompasses the entire spectrum of IoT solutions, from IoT sensors to the cloud. It examines modern sensor systems, focusing on their power and functionality. It also looks at communication theory, paying close attention to near-range PAN, including the new Bluetooth® 5.0 specification and mesh networks. Then, the book explores IP-based communication in LAN and WAN, including 802.11ah, 5G LTE cellular, Sigfox, and LoRaWAN. It also explains edge computing, routing and gateways, and their role in fog computing, as well as the messaging protocols of MQTT 5.0 and CoAP. With the data now in internet form, you'll get an understanding of cloud and fog architectures, including the OpenFog standards. The book wraps up the analytics portion with the application of statistical analysis, complex event processing, and deep learning models. The book then concludes by providing a holistic view of IoT security, cryptography, and shell security in addition to software-defined perimeters and blockchains.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Index

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 a 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...