Context-aware Computing in the Internet of Things: A Survey on Internet of Things From Industrial Market Perspective

TL;DR

This survey reviews the role of context-aware computing in IoT solutions from an industrial market perspective, evaluating existing products and outlining future research directions.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and developing context-aware IoT solutions based on established theories and market analysis.

Findings

Identifies key trends in industrial IoT market adoption of context-aware tech

Evaluates existing IoT solutions using a novel conceptual framework

Highlights promising research directions for future IoT development

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a dynamic global information network consisting of Internet-connected objects, such as RFIDs, sensors, and actuators, as well as other instruments and smart appliances that are becoming an integral component of the Internet. Over the last few years, we have seen a plethora of IoT solutions making their way into the industry marketplace. Context-aware communication and computing has played a critical role throughout the last few years of ubiquitous computing and is expected to play a significant role in the IoT paradigm as well. In this article, we examine a variety of popular and innovative IoT solutions in terms of context-aware technology perspectives. More importantly, we evaluate these IoT solutions using a framework that we built around well-known context-aware computing theories. This survey is intended to serve as a guideline and a conceptual framework for contextaware product development and research in the IoT paradigm. It also provides a systematic exploration of existing IoT products in the marketplace and highlights a number of potentially significant research directions and trends.