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Book SynopsisNavigating the fragmented IoT connectivity ecosystem of standards, protocols, and architectures can be a challenge. Not to mention scaling a solution to a viable product. This book guides you through this fractured landscape with real world examples and projects that can be leverage for an IoT product.Backed by an overview of IoT use cases and key connectivity elements of IoT solutions, you'll gain an understanding of the breadth of the IoT landscape and the fragmentation of connectivity standards and solutions and the challenge in navigating the many standards and technologies. You'll also be able to understand the essentials of connectivity including, hardware, software, and business models.?IoT is essential for increasing productivity of many industries and quality of life (making the world smart and autonomous). Both wired and wireless connectivity technologies are essential ingredients in an IoT product. Writtenby Intel engineers and architects, Connecting the Internet of Thingsun
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction to IoT ConnectivityChapter Goal: This chapter provides an overview of key IoT use cases and key connectivity elements of IoT solutions. The reader will get an understanding of the breadth of the IoT landscape.• Purpose of this book• Background and Terminology• Key IoT use caseso Smart citieso Asset trackingo Smart factorieso Industrialo Transportationo Digital surveillance systemso Retailo Medical o Indoor location• End-to-end IoT building blockso Things/devices/sensorso Edge/Gateway/Fogo Cloud• IoT Stakeholders/Value Chaino Chip Vendorso Module Vendorso System Integratorso ODMso ISVso End Customers
Chapter 2: Considerations in choosing a connectivity technologyChapter Goals: This chapter highlights the fragmentation of connectivity standards and solutions and the challenge in navigating the many standards and technologies and also discusses the tradeoffs between different wireless technologies and network topologies. Also, this chapter provides the motivation for using wireless technologies in IoT products as well as challenges.• Compute and connect are integral functions that are fully integrated in single SoC-for lower cost and low power solutions• Benefits of wireless• Seamless wireless connectivity for mobility applications• Remote Commissioning, ease of deployment, OTA update, device identification• Challenges of Wireless Connectivity• Fragmentation of the IoT Ecosystemo Discussion of IoT Framework Open Connectivity Foundation etc.o Interoperability (open standards)• Coexistence and interference• Wireless security is vital• Certification (Industry, regulatory, operator)o Certified labs• Antenna design challenges• Considerations in choosing a connectivity technologyo Energy/power/cost tradeoffso Selection of network architectures and topologieso Wireless standards and alignment to use cases-how to choose the right wireless protocol for the jobo Selection criteria-range, data rate, power, security, latency, capacity, etc.• Wireless Standard BodiesSubchapter Goal: Overview of Connectivity standards including 15.4, ZigBee, Thread, 6LoWPAN, wi-fi, BT, LTE, 5G etc. and which is appropriate for each use case; include cost considerationso WiFi Allianceo BT SIGo ZigBee Allianceo Thread Groupo Dot doto Z-Waveo 3GPP (ITU-T)
Chapter Goals: The following chapters (3 to 10) provide a deep dive on each connectivity technology and considerations on selecting it for the IoT use cases
Chapter 3: Wi-Fi • Wi-Fi mesh• WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac• WiFi 6
Chapter 4: Bluetooth• BLE• BT mesh• BT direction finding• BT beacons
Chapter 5: 802.15.4 (unlicensed)• ZigBee• Thread
Chapter 6: LPWAN• Lora• SigFoxChapter 7: Cellular Technologies • NB IoT• 3G• 4G LTE• CBRS (Private LTE) / OnGo
Chapter 8: 5G• eMBB• mMTC• urLLC• 5G TSN
Chapter 9: Ethernet• TSN• Industrial Ethernet Technologies
Chapter 10: GNSS
Chapter 11: IoT Connectivity Frameworks and StacksChapter Goal: This chapter goes into detail on how to assemble all of the components of a working solution and discusses how to scale your solution to a product• Software stacks, drivers, operating systems, RTOS• Gateway architecture including protocolso IoT protocols CoAP MQTT OPCUA• RF: antenna, PA, etc.• Coexistence• Environmental considerations, reliability, long life etc.• Security and privacy• Managing the network• Certification• Putting it together• How to integrate and validate (chip vs pre-certified module)• Scaling from project to product • Putting it together: Sample Projects• Go through the earlier examples and discuss the complete products
Chapter 12: The Future of IoT ConnectivityChapter Goal: This chapter discusses emerging connectivity technologies for addressing new use cases as well as advancing and optimizing the performance of existing technologies• Things/sensors (low power, battery powered, low compute, need wireless connectivity, small memory footprint, small RTOS footprint)• Software defined radio• What is coming next?• Future technologies: Wi-Fi 7, etc.• Next steps for the reader• Where to get more information
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