A survey on Internet of Things: Applications and challenges

Internet of Things is the next wave of innovation that is generated by cooperation of internet and smart things. Smart things are objects that are equipped with appropriate sensors and actuators and communication technologies such as RFID or NFC, which by producing and using information try to help people in their life, such as in reducing costs and increasing the optimization in any domain. Also there is still lacking a novel mechanism to develop the cooperation to operate the Internet of Things. This paper presents a discussion on Internet of Things challenges and applications.