Internet of Things (IoT): IoT Overview

IoT Overview

• IoT Overview: What and Why
  • What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
    • Defining ‘Things’: Hardware, software, data, and services
    • Core ideas
    • IoT objectives
    • Major players
    • Why IoT is important
    • Important IoT terms and trends
    • IoT is a marathon of projects, not just one
  • What’s motivating IoT?
    • What needs does IoT fill?
    • The 4th Industrial Revolution
• Origins of IoT
  • The ARPANet, Internet, and WWW
  • Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications
  • IPv6 and other protocols
  • Growth in hardware/software capabilities
• Key Concept: Make Everything Smarter
  • Things
  • Services
  • Processes
• IoT Enabling Technologies
  • Cheap and ubiquitous telecommunications
  • Smart software
  • Smart devices
  • Cheap memory
  • Cheap and extremely powerful microprocessors
  • Cloud Computing
  • Big Data, Event Stream Processing, Real-Time Analytics
  • Machine Learning
  • Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Low power short-range and wide area wireless networks
  • Embedded systems
  • Automation and control systems
  • Existing and emerging telecom technologies: Li-Fi, LPWAN (LoRaWAN, Sigfox, LTE-M), BLE, ZigBee, Z-Wave, Thread, HaLow, …
• IoT Architecture and Implementation
  • Where IoT fits in
  • Standards and ecosystem
  • Basic architecture concepts
  • Implementation platforms
  • Types of networks used by IoT
  • Security issues
• Understanding the Vision of IoT
  • IoT at the lowest level
    • Connect simple devices over the Internet
    • Examples: Home thermostat, security system
  • IoT at the mid-level
    • IoT as enabler of new business and technology models, not just incremental improvement of existing models
    • Example: Autonomous vehicles
  • IoT at the highest level
    • New vision of technology capabilities leading to reorganization of society, new ways of living
    • Example: “Smart City” with new relationship among people, vehicles/transportation, and cities
• IoT Examples and Case Studies
  • Retail
  • Healthcare
  • Wearables
  • Smart Home
  • Smart Cities
  • Intelligent Transportation
  • Smart Grid
  • Smart Agriculture
  • Smart Industry
  • Energy Management
• The Business of IoT
  • Business models
  • Become an ‘IoT entrepreneur’
    • IoT software development platforms and operating systems
    • IoT hardware
    • Typical projects
  • Challenges and opportunities
• IoT’s Business and Societal Impact
  • Business impact
  • The way we live
  • Organization of society
• IoT Overview Wrap-up: Recap, Discussion, Course Evaluation

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