The Internet of Things: Enabling Technologies, Platforms, and Use Cases

As more and more devices become interconnected through the Internet of Things (IoT), there is an even greater need for this book, which explains the technology, the internetworking, and applications that are making IoT an everyday reality.

The book begins with a discussion of IoT ecosystems and the technology that enables them, which includes:

• Wireless
• Infrastructure and Service Discovery Protocols
• Integration Technologies and Tools
• Application and Analytics Enablement Platforms

A chapter on next-generation cloud infrastructure explains hosting IoT platforms and applications. A chapter on data analytics throws light on IoT data collection, storage, translation, real-time processing, mining, and analysis, all of which can yield actionable insights from the data collected by IoT applications. There is also a chapter on edge/fog computing.

The second half of the book presents various IoT ecosystem use cases. One chapter discusses smart airports and highlights the role of IoT integration. It explains how mobile devices, mobile technology, wearables, RFID sensors, and beacons work together as the core technologies of a smart airport. Integrating these components into the airport ecosystem is examined in detail, and use cases and real-life examples illustrate this IoT ecosystem in operation. Another in-depth look is on envisioning smart healthcare systems in a connected world. This chapter focuses on the requirements, promising applications, and roles of cloud computing and data analytics. The book also examines smart homes, smart cities, and smart governments.

The book concludes with a chapter on IoT security and privacy. This chapter examines the emerging security and privacy requirements of IoT environments. The security issues and an assortment of surmounting techniques and best practices are also discussed in this chapter.

隨著越來越多的設備通過物聯網（IoT）相互連接，對於解釋使IoT成為日常現實的技術、互聯網工作和應用的需求越來越大，這本書應運而生。

本書首先討論了IoT生態系統和使其成為可能的技術，包括：

- 無線技術
- 基礎設施和服務發現協議
- 整合技術和工具
- 應用和分析平台

接下來的一章介紹了下一代雲基礎設施，解釋了如何托管IoT平台和應用程序。數據分析一章闡明了IoT數據收集、存儲、轉換、實時處理、挖掘和分析等方面，這些都可以從IoT應用程序收集的數據中獲得有價值的見解。書中還有一章關於邊緣/霧計算。

書的下半部分介紹了各種IoT生態系統的應用案例。其中一章討論了智能機場並突出了IoT整合的作用。它解釋了移動設備、移動技術、可穿戴設備、RFID傳感器和信標如何作為智能機場的核心技術共同工作。書中詳細探討了將這些組件整合到機場生態系統中的過程，並通過使用案例和實際例子來說明這個IoT生態系統的運作。另一個深入研究的主題是在連接世界中構想智能醫療系統。這一章重點介紹了雲計算和數據分析的要求、應用前景和角色。書中還探討了智能家居、智慧城市和智慧政府。

書的最後一章是關於IoT安全和隱私。這一章探討了IoT環境中新興的安全和隱私需求。該章還討論了安全問題以及一系列克服技術和最佳實踐。

Pethuru Raj PhD has been working as a cloud infrastructure architect in the IBM Global Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE), IBM India Bangalore. He finished the CSIR-sponsored PhD degree in Anna University, Chennai and continued the UGC-sponsored postdoctoral research in the department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He also was granted a couple of international research fellowships (JSPS and JST) to work as a research scientist for 3.5 years in two leading Japanese universities. He has been contributing book chapters for a number of technology books that are being edited by internationally acclaimed professionals. The CRC Press, USA had also released his first solo book titled as Cloud Enterprise Architecture in the year 2012. He has edited and authored a book on the title Cloud Infrastructures for Big Data Analytics published by IGI International USA in March 2014. In association with another IBMer, he finished a book on the title Smarter Cities: the Enabling Technologies and Tools published by the CRC Press, USA in 2015. He has also authored a book on the Docker technology and it is being published by Packtpub, UK in 2015. He has been collaborating with a few authors to publish a book on the title High-Performance Big Data Analytics to be published by Springer-Verlag in the year 2015.

Anupama Raman is currently working as Curriculum Architect for Smarter Cities Brand of IBM and she is a part of Business Analytics team of IBM. She is a certified Storage Area Networking expert and is also a certified Data Center Architect. She is also certified in Cloud infrastructure and Services Management. Apart from these technical certifications, in the field of writing, she is a certified Information Mapping professional and in the field of project management, she is a certified Scrum master. She holds an M. Tech degree in Computer Science and Engineering and is currently pursuing MBA in IT Management. She has presented and published over 20 research papers in various national and international conferences and she has also written numerous book chapters with various national and international publishers. She has authored a book titled Intelligent Cities - Enabling Technologies and Platforms which was published by CRC Press in June 2015. She has also written a book on Big Data Analytics which will be published by Springer Verlag in December 2015. She is regular columnist of Forbes and has authored several articles for Forbes India.

Pethuru Raj博士目前在IBM印度班加羅爾的IBM全球雲中心擔任雲基礎架構架構師。他在安娜大學完成了由CSIR贊助的博士學位，並在印度科學研究所的計算機科學和自動化系進行了由UGC贊助的博士後研究。他還獲得了兩個國際研究獎學金（JSPS和JST），在兩所領先的日本大學擔任研究科學家長達3.5年。他一直在為一些由國際知名專業人士編輯的技術書籍撰寫章節。美國CRC Press在2012年出版了他的首本個人著作《雲企業架構》。他還編輯和撰寫了一本名為《用於大數據分析的雲基礎架構》的書，由美國IGI International於2014年3月出版。他與另一位IBM員工合作完成了一本名為《智慧城市：啟用技術和工具》的書，由美國CRC Press於2015年出版。他還撰寫了一本關於Docker技術的書，由英國Packtpub於2015年出版。他一直與幾位作者合作撰寫一本名為《高性能大數據分析》的書，預計於2015年由Springer-Verlag出版。

Anupama Raman目前在IBM的智慧城市品牌擔任課程架構師，並且是IBM的商業分析團隊的一員。她是一位經過認證的存儲區域網絡專家，也是一位經過認證的數據中心架構師。她還獲得了雲基礎架構和服務管理的認證。除了這些技術認證外，在寫作領域，她是一位經過認證的信息映射專業人員，在項目管理領域，她是一位經過認證的Scrum主管。她擁有計算機科學和工程的碩士學位，目前正在攻讀IT管理的MBA學位。她在各種國內外會議上發表和發表了20多篇研究論文，並與各種國內外出版商撰寫了許多書籍章節。她撰寫了一本名為《智慧城市-啟用技術和平台》的書，該書於2015年6月由CRC Press出版。她還撰寫了一本關於大數據分析的書，該書將於2015年12月由Springer Verlag出版。她是《福布斯》的常駐專欄作家，並為《福布斯印度》撰寫了多篇文章。