6. Things requirements / criteria
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Things
Processing capabilities (Controller)
Miniaturization (computer economics)
Integrated precision-analog capabilities
(diversified sensing and actuating
capabilities)
Cost (design-prototype-produce own
devices, use existing)
Power consumption (low-power controller,
deep sleep)
Communications capabilities
Tx/Rx
Controller
Sensors/
Actuators
7. Cloud – IoT platforms
Send data
to terminal
Collect &
Make sense
of data
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Internet server
IoT cloud
Bytes
Devices/Network management capabilities
9. Analytics challenges
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Integrating Data From Multiple Sources
Collecting Data But Not Doing Analytics
Messy & Unstructured Data
Analysis Takes Too Long
Too Much Data
Data Security & Privacy
Source: James Brehm & Associates. IoT Data Analytics Survey Results. The Connected Conversation Volume 2 / Issue 8 / October 2016
12. IoT communication standards
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NFC
RFID
< 10 cm
< 5 km < 100 km
Proximity
Bluetooth Z-Wave Zigbee
Wifi
Short range Long range
Cellular (licensed)
2/3/4 G
LPWA (licensed)
NB-IoT, LTE-M
LPWA (unlicensed)
LoRa, Sigfox, Ingenu,
Dash7, Weightless
RFID
14. Short-range communications
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802.15.4
802.15.4 (CSMA/CA)
Network
(sec.
routing,…)
Application
6LoWPAN
Adapt.
IPv6
UDP
CoAP-MQTT
Zigbee
6LoWPAN
WBAN
BLE Radio
BLE Link
LR-WPAN
802.15.6
Host layers
App.
Bluetooth
Low Energy
802.11h
(900 MHz)
802.11h
(CSMA/CA)
Wi-Fi HaLow
Main SRD standards
• Mainly unlicensed spectrum. 2.4 GHz most used.
• Implantable BSN: 401-406 MHz
802.15.6
(CSMA/CA, Aloha)
15. BLE example
Home network example
Energy:
• BLE Chip with 180 mAH coin cell battery => 18 hours, 21.6
million transactions.
• If 1 transaction/ 30 seconds => 20.5 years !!
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16. LPWAN (Low-Power Wide Area Network)
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Long-range radio technology with low Tx power
High sensitivity <-140dBm (Bluetooth: -90 dBm, ZigBee: -120 dBm)
High things density
Very loose throughput and latency requirements
18. Use cases
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On-battery things – no access to power
Large deployment area
Tiny data volume per thing
Uses cases: agriculture, forestry, building, e-health, industrial,
retail, smart cities, supply chain
IoT ecosystem. The infrastructure is three fold:
The physical realm, the things,
The network
And the data repository on the cloud
The things a
Cloud: describe management of devices and network gateways
There are a variety of analytics associated with data collected from IoT. Most companies are generating what we would call “tactical analytics”. Tactical analytics typically provide a status or a summary based on single point in time or some sort of exception to an established threshold. Deliverables associated with tactical analytics include alerts and notifications or operational reports and dashboards.
Fewer companies are generating what we call “strategic analytics”. A key characteristic of strategic analytics is that they typically include the evaluation of data over a period of time rather than a point in time. Strategic analytics may also incorporate other data sources, including data not collected from sensors or devices that enrich the source data. Deliverables associated with strategic analytics allow for predictive and pattern recognition analysis. Tactical and strategic analytics can be equally important within an IoT solution. An example of tactical analytics would be a notification that an engine’s fuel pressure has exceeded an established threshold, which enables a dispatching system to quickly deploy a service technician to diagnose and repair the engine before it fails. Strategic analytics would be an evaluation of an engine’s performance over time across multiple performance measures that lead to a more efficient maintenance schedule for all engines or possibly inform the design of a new engine. Both types of analytics are critical to a business and contribute to the value derived from IoT. Generally speaking, there’s more data infrastructure, computing, and storage required for strategic analytics, and that’s likely a key driver of why tactical analytics is currently far more common than strategic analytics. But the true value of IoT is when an analytic solution can provide the benefits of both tactical and strategic analytics.
Environment and electrical safety (including the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive and Energy Star compliance, as well as tests for issues like overheating and electric shock).
Communication protocols (before you label your gadget as Bluetooth-compatible, you have to test it in certified labs).
Electromagnetic & radio-frequency interference (you need to prove the performance of your device won’t be affected by other connected devices within Wi-Fi/BLE/cellular network range, while the device itself conforms to the electromagnetic radiation exposure standards).
Product-specific (such as skin tests required for devices which come in contact with the skin).