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Mastering Internet of Things

By : Peter Waher
Book Image

Mastering Internet of Things

By: Peter Waher

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. Mastering Internet of Things starts by presenting IoT fundamentals and the smart city. You will learn the important technologies and protocols that are used for the Internet of Things, their features, corresponding security implications, and practical examples on how to use them. This book focuses on creating applications and services for the Internet of Things. Further, you will learn to create applications and services for the Internet of Things. You will be discover various interesting projects and understand how to publish sensor data, control devices, and react to asynchronous events using the XMPP protocol. The book also introduces chat, to interact with your devices. You will learn how to automate your tasks by using Internet of Things Service Platforms as the base for an application. You will understand the subject of privacy, requirements they should be familiar with, and how to avoid violating any of the important new regulations being introduced. At the end of the book, you will have mastered creating open, interoperable and secure networks of things, protecting the privacy and integrity of your users and their information.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Introducing the MQTT protocol


One of the most popular protocols to use for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and the Internet of Things (IoT), is the MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol. The MQ refers to IBM's MQ series product line, even though MQTT was not part of that series in the beginning. Since its inception in 1999, the MQTT protocol is implemented in a large array of tools, servers, and libraries in many different languages.

MQTT has drawn interest for various reasons. It is very simple and easy to use, and it is TCP/IP-based. It also includes a new communication pattern that has become popular for efficient distribution of data to multiple consumers: the Publish/Subscribepattern. That pattern allowed for efficient syndication of news and has become a great tool for efficiently distributing other kinds of information as well, such as sensor data.

Most IP communication patterns before this were focused on either direct asynchronous messaging or the request/response pattern...