Although the Internet of Things (IoT) is a vast and dynamic territory that is evolving rapidly, there has been a need for a book that offers a holistic view of the technologies and applications of the entire IoT spectrum. Filling this void, The Internet of Things in the Cloud: A Middleware Perspective provides a comprehensive introduction to the IoT and its development worldwide.

It gives you a panoramic view of the IoT landscape—focusing on the overall technological architecture and design of a tentatively unified IoT framework underpinned by Cloud computing from a middleware perspective. Organized into three sections, it:
Describes the many facets of Internet of Things—including the four pillars of IoT and the three layer value chain of IoT Focuses on middleware, the glue and building blocks of a holistic IoT system on every layer of the architecture Explores Cloud computing and IoT as well as their synergy based on the common background of distributed processing

The book is based on the author’s two previous bestselling books (in Chinese) on IoT and Cloud computing and more than two decades of hands-on software/middleware programming and architecting experience at organizations such as the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, IBM, BEA Systems, and Silicon Valley startup Doubletwist. Tapping into this wealth of knowledge, the book categorizes the many facets of the IoT and proposes a number of paradigms and classifications about Internet of Things' mass and niche markets and technologies.
Reviews

This book brings together timely, mind provoking, and comprehensive materials to give you a better understanding of the IoT/M2M technological and business landscape on top of Cloud computing … . I also believe this book, which I highly recommend, is the first on the market that covers almost all of the related subjects.

—George (Aiping) Guo, Ph.D., CEO of TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd.

Contents

THE INTERNET OF THINGS

d ICT Wave

Rise of the Machines

The IoT Kaleidoscope

Defining Internet of Things

IoT: A Web 3.0 View

Summary

Ubiquitous IoT Applications

A Panoramic View of IoT Applications

Important Vertical Applications

Telematics and Intelligent Transport Systems

Smart Grid and Electric Vehicles

Smarter Planet and Smart Buildings

Summary

Four Pillars of IoT

The Horizontal, Verticals, and Four Pillars

M2M: The Internet of Devices

RFID: The Internet of Objects

WSN: The Internet of Transducers

SCADA: The Internet of Controllers

Summary

The DNA of IoT

DCM: Device, Connect, and Manage

Device: Things that Talk

Connect: Via Pervasive Networks

Wired Networks

Wireless Networks

Satellite IoT

Manage: To Create New Business Value

More Ingredients: LBS, GNSS, RTLS, and Others

Summary

MIDDLEWARE FOR IoT

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