IoT Technologies and Applications

In recent years, different internet of things (IoT) technologies and standards have been actively developed for different industrial sectors and application scenarios, such as smart city, intelligent transportation system, safety, and security system, intelligent agriculture, environment monitoring, smart factory, intelligent manufacturing, smart home, and healthcare. This chapter reviews some well‐known and emerging IoT standards and technologies. It introduces intelligent IoT technologies, including an intelligent user‐centered IoT network, in which data, computing power, and intelligent algorithms are distributed around its users. The chapter summarizes typical IoT applications. It analyses new requirements and challenges of IoT systems. A traditional IoT system architecture is comprised of various functional layers to enable IoT applications, including a sensing layer, network layer, and application layer. The IoT is getting smarter. Artificial intelligence is being incorporated – in particular, machine learning – into IoT applications, with capabilities growing, including improving operational efficiency and helping avoid unplanned downtime.