Internet of Things (IoT): A Vision, Architectural Elements, and Future Directions

TL;DR

This paper presents a comprehensive vision for the future of IoT, emphasizing cloud integration, enabling technologies, and application domains, aiming to transform the Internet into a fully interconnected, ubiquitous computing environment.

Contribution

It introduces a cloud-centric vision for IoT, discusses key enabling technologies, and proposes a hybrid cloud implementation using Aneka for worldwide IoT deployment.

Findings

Proposes a cloud-based architecture for IoT implementation.

Highlights the importance of convergence between WSN, the Internet, and distributed computing.

Discusses future research directions and application domains for IoT.

Abstract

Ubiquitous sensing enabled by Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technologies cuts across many areas of modern day living. This offers the ability to measure, infer and understand environmental indicators, from delicate ecologies and natural resources to urban environments. The proliferation of these devices in a communicating-actuating network creates the Internet of Things (IoT), wherein, sensors and actuators blend seamlessly with the environment around us, and the information is shared across platforms in order to develop a common operating picture (COP). Fuelled by the recent adaptation of a variety of enabling device technologies such as RFID tags and readers, near field communication (NFC) devices and embedded sensor and actuator nodes, the IoT has stepped out of its infancy and is the the next revolutionary technology in transforming the Internet into a fully integrated Future Internet. As we move from www (static pages web) to web2 (social networking web) to web3 (ubiquitous computing web), the need for data-on-demand using sophisticated intuitive queries increases significantly. This paper presents a cloud centric vision for worldwide implementation of Internet of Things. The key enabling technologies and application domains that are likely to drive IoT research in the near future are discussed. A cloud implementation using Aneka, which is based on interaction of private and public clouds is presented. We conclude our IoT vision by expanding on the need for convergence of WSN, the Internet and distributed computing directed at technological research community.