Setting up a multi-purpose Internet of Things system

Internet of Things deployments and systems that accompany their functioning, data provisions and actuations are undoubtedly marking the new era of opportunities present in the communication networks and the Internet. The technologies of Internet of Things are extremely diverse. At the moment, there are numerous types of small devices, communication technologies, operating systems, protocols, platforms for data collections and processing. many with proven and expanding commercial exploitations. This paper outlines a practical approach for understanding the challenges and design issues encountered when a new Internet of Tings system is built by taking all the existing technology as experience and options in the design. Internet of Things system design considered in the paper is multi-purpose meaning it is unbounded in terms of the technology and applications. In the process of building such a system, there are many generic and converging functional and architecture points. Hence, many of the available technology can be understood and integrated not exclusively but coexisting with their alternatives.