Introduction to IoT

IoT is emerging as a popular area of research and has piqued the interest of academics and scholars across the world. This book serves as a textbook and a single point of reference for readers looking to delve further into this domain. Written by leading experts in the field, this lucid and comprehensive work provides a clear understanding of the operation and scope of the IoT. Along with the description of the basic outline and technologies associated with the subject, the book discusses the IoT case studies and hands-on exercises, enabling readers to visualise the vastly interdisciplinary nature of its applications. The book also serves curious, non-technical readers, enabling them to understand necessary concepts and terminologies associated with the IoT.

List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Basics of networking; 2. Basics of network security; 3. Predecessors of IoT; Part II. Internet of Things: 4. Emergence of IoT; 5. IoT Sensing and actuation; 6. IoT processing topologies and types; 7. IoT connectivity technologies; 8. IoT communication technologies; 9. IoT interoperability; Part III. Associated IOT Technologies: 10. Cloud computing; 11. Fog computing and its applications; Part IV. IOT Case Studies and Future Trends: 12. Agricultural IoT; 13. Vehicular IoT; 14. Healthcare IoT; 15. Paradigms, challenges, and the future; Part V. IOT Hands-on: 16. Beginning IoT hardware projects; 17. IoT analytics.

Sudip Misra is Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He holds several years of experience working in academia, government and corporate sectors. He has published over 300 research papers and has 11 books in allied areas of IoT to his credit. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE TMC, TVT and IEEE Network. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (India), IET (UK), and BCS (UK), and is a distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Communications Society.
Anandarup Mukherjee is the co-founder and director of SensorDrops Networks Pvt. Ltd., an IoT startup incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He works in the domain of IoT and unmanned aerial vehicle swarms. He has published more than thirty research papers.
Arijit Roy is the co-founder and director of SensorDrops Networks Pvt. Ltd. He is a senior researcher in the smart wireless applications and networking (SWAN) lab of the Institute. His primary research areas include IoT, sensor networks, and sensor-cloud.