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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

Cloud and Fog Topologies

Without the cloud, IoT growth and its market would be nonexistent. Essentially, billions of endpoint devices that were historically dumb and not connected would need to manage themselves without the ability to share or aggregate data. Billions of such small embedded systems add no marginal value for customers. The value of the IoT is in the data it produces—not at a single endpoint but in thousands or millions of nodes. The cloud provides the ability to have simple sensors, cameras, switches, beacons, and actuators participate in a common language with each other. The cloud is the common denominator of the data currency.

The ubiquitous cloud metaphor refers to an infrastructure of computing services that are generally on-demand. The pool of resources (computing, networking, storage, and the associated software services) can dynamically scale up or down based on load average or quality of service. Clouds are typically large data centers that...