Real-Life Applications of the Internet of Things: Challenges, Applications, and Advances

This new volume provides an overview of the Internet of Things along with its architectures, its vital technologies, and their uses in our daily life. The book explores the integration of IoT with other emerging technologies, such as blockchain and cloud. Topics in the volume cover the many powerful features and applications of IoT, such as for weather forecasting, in agriculture, in medical science, in surveillance systems, and much more.

The first section of the book covers many of the issues and challenges that arise from the Internet of Things (IoT), exploring security challenges, such as attack detection and prevention systems, as well as energy efficiency and resource management in IoT. The volume also introduces the use of IoT and smart technology in agricultural management, in healthcare diagnosis and monitoring, and in the financial industry. Chapters also focus on surveillance network technology, the technology shift from television to video streaming apps, using IoT-fog computing for smart healthcare, detection of anomalies in climate conditions, and even detection of illegal wood logging activity.

這本新書提供了物聯網的概述，包括其架構、重要技術以及在我們日常生活中的應用。該書探討了物聯網與其他新興技術（如區塊鏈和雲）的整合。該卷中的主題涵蓋了物聯網的許多強大功能和應用，例如天氣預報、農業、醫學科學、監控系統等等。

該書的第一部分涵蓋了物聯網（IoT）所引發的許多問題和挑戰，探討了安全挑戰，如攻擊檢測和預防系統，以及物聯網中的能源效率和資源管理。該卷還介紹了物聯網和智能技術在農業管理、醫療診斷和監測以及金融行業中的應用。章節還聚焦於監控網絡技術、從電視到視頻流媒體應用的技術轉變、使用物聯網-霧計算進行智能醫療、檢測氣候條件異常，甚至檢測非法伐木活動等。

Monika Mangla, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Information Technology at Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, India. She has two patents to her credit as well as over 20 years of teaching experience. She is associated with several SCI-indexed journals including the Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Industrial Management & Data Systems, and others as a reviewer.

Ashok Kumar, PhD, is Assistant Professor at Chitkara University Research and Innovation Network Department, Punjab, India. He has over 15 years of teaching and research experience. He has filed three patents and has published several papers in international journals and conferences. He has been a guest editor of the International Journal of Cloud Computing.

Vaishali Mehta, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Information Technology at Panipat Institute of Engineering and Technology, Haryana, India. She has over 17 years of teaching experience and has published books and research articles in national and international journals and conferences.

Megha Bhushan, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the School of Computing, DIT University, Dehradun, India. She has four years of research experience as a Junior Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow under the University Grants Commission of India. She has filed four patents and published many research articles in international journals and conferences. She is also a reviewer and editorial board member of several international journals.

Sachi Nandan Mohanty, PhD, is working in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Vardhaman College of Engineering (Autonomous), Hyderabad, India. A Fellow of the Indian Society for Technical Education, The Institute of Engineering and Technology, the Computer Society of India, and a member of the Institute of Engineers and IEEE Computer Society, he is actively involved with several professional bodies/societies. He has published over 20 papers in SCI journals and also acts as a reviewer.

Monika Mangla博士是印度孟買Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi工程學院資訊技術系的副教授。她擁有兩項專利，並擁有超過20年的教學經驗。她是多個SCI索引期刊的評審員，包括《土耳其電氣工程與計算機科學期刊》、《工業管理與數據系統》等。

Ashok Kumar博士是印度旁遮普邦Chitkara大學研究和創新網絡部門的助理教授。他擁有超過15年的教學和研究經驗。他已申請了三項專利並在國際期刊和會議上發表了多篇論文。他曾擔任《國際雲計算期刊》的客座編輯。

Vaishali Mehta博士是印度哈里亞納邦Panipat工程技術學院資訊技術系的教授。她擁有超過17年的教學經驗，並在國內外期刊和會議上發表了書籍和研究文章。

Megha Bhushan博士是印度德拉敦DIT大學計算機學院的助理教授。她擁有四年的研究經驗，曾在印度大學補助委員會擔任初級研究員和高級研究員。她已申請了四項專利並在國際期刊和會議上發表了許多研究文章。她還是多個國際期刊的評審員和編輯委員會成員。

Sachi Nandan Mohanty博士在印度海得拉巴Vardhaman工程學院（自治）的計算機科學與工程系工作。他是印度技術教育學會、工程技術學會、印度計算機學會的會士，並且是工程師學會和IEEE計算機學會的成員，積極參與多個專業組織/學會。他在SCI期刊上發表了超過20篇論文，並擔任評審員的角色。