Collaborative Internet of Things (C-IoT): for Future Smart Connected Life and Business

Book description

This book provides a simplified visionary approach about the future direction of IoT, addressing its wide-scale adoption in many markets, its interception with advanced technology, the explosive growth in data, and the emergence of data analytics. IoT business applications span multiple vertical markets. The objective is to inspire creative thinking and collaboration among startups and entrepreneurs which will breed innovation and deliver IoT solutions that will positively impact us by making business processes more efficient, and improving our quality of life. With increasing proliferation of smart-phones and social media, data generated by user wearable/mobile devices continue to be key sources of information about us and the markets around us. Better insights will be gained through cognitive computation coupled with business intelligence and visual analytics that are GIS-based.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Foreword
  5. About the Authors
  6. Preface
  7. 1 Introductions and Motivation
    1. 1.1 Introduction
    2. 1.2 The Book
    3. 1.3 C-IoT Terms of References
    4. 1.4 The Future
    5. References
  8. 2 Application Requirements
    1. 2.1 C-IoT Landscape
    2. 2.2 Application Requirements – Use Cases
    3. 2.3 Health and Fitness System for Individual/Industry/Infrastructure (Lead Example)
    4. 2.4 Video Surveillance, Drone, and Machine Vision
    5. 2.5 Smart Home and Building
    6. 2.6 Smart Energy
    7. 2.7 Track and Monitor
    8. 2.8 Smart Factory
    9. 2.9 Others (Smart Car, Smart Truck, Drone, Machine Vision, and Smart City)
    10. References
  9. 3 C-IoT Applications and Services
    1. 3.1 Smart IoT Application Use Cases
    2. 3.2 Smart IoT Platform
    3. 3.3 Secured C-IoT Software Platform
    4. References
  10. 4 IoT Reference Design Kit
    1. 4.1 Hardware Equipment List for the Demonstration
    2. 4.2 Software Required for Demonstration
    3. 4.3 Safely Power Off the Reference Platform
    4. 4.4 ZigBee Home and Building Automation
    5. 4.5 Network Video Recorder (NVR) for Video Surveillance
    6. 4.6 Internet 3G Broadband Gateway
    7. 4.7 UPNP
    8. 4.8 Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) Media Server
    9. References
  11. 5 C-IoT Cloud-Based Services and C-IoT User Device Diversity
    1. 5.1 C-IoT Cloud-Based Services
    2. 5.2 C-IoT User Device Diversity
    3. References
  12. 6 Impact of C-IoT and Tips
    1. 6.1 Impact on Business Process Productivity and Smart of Digital Life
    2. 6.2 Considerations of Developing Differentiated C-IoT Solutions
    3. 6.3 Practical Tips on Maintaining Digital Lifestyle
    4. References
  13. 7 Conclusion
    1. 7.1 Simple C-IoT Domains and Model
    2. 7.2 Disruptive Business Applications of C-IoT
    3. 7.3 A New Digital Lifestyle
    4. 7.4 Development Platform
    5. 7.5 C-IoT Emerging Standards, Consortiums, and Other Initiatives
    6. 7.6 Final Note
    7. References
  14. Index

Product information

  • Title: Collaborative Internet of Things (C-IoT): for Future Smart Connected Life and Business
  • Author(s): Fawzi Behmann, Kwok Wu
  • Release date: June 2015
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781118913741