Foreword

Imagine a world where everything around you, from smartphones, smart TVs, and light bulbs, to refrigerators, air conditioners, and motor vehicles, as well as countless instrumented objects including livestock, are connected, monitored, and sometimes, actuating and interacting among themselves, with or without human intervention, this is the world of the Internet of Things (IoT).

We have seen those applications today in real life such as GPS navigation systems for cars, mobile payment, smart city and intelligent building management, automatic meter reading, truck fleet locating, security surveillance and emergency management, natural resources and environment protection, air quality monitoring, space shuttle tracking, as well as scenarios ...

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