Internet of Things: The Protocols and Applications

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Internet of Things: The Protocols and Applications
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Table of Contents
1. Description of IoT Technology...................................................................................................2
2. Building Blocks of the Internet....................................................................................................3
3. Discussion on IIoT and Industry 4.0............................................................................................4
3.1 Discussion on Industrial IoT (IIoT).......................................................................................4
4. IoT Solution for Animal Welfare................................................................................................5
4.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................5
4.2 System Architecture...............................................................................................................5
4.3 Network Deployment.............................................................................................................6
4.4 Testing...................................................................................................................................7
4.5 Road Map...............................................................................................................................7
4.6 Conclusion.............................................................................................................................7
5. Operational Issues and Deploying IoT in Farm and Mitigation Strategies.................................7
References........................................................................................................................................9

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1. Description of IoT Technology
The Internet of Things (IoT) is defined as a concept within computing that would be able
to describe the idea of connecting each of the physical objects. These objects would be able to
connect and communicate with each other and thus identify themselves within an enclosed
network. The term of IoT is primarily identified with RFID as the primary method of
communication.
The framework of IoT would be able to include each of the sensor based technology, QR
codes and wireless technologies (Lee and Lee 2015). A particular object defined within the IoT
framework could be a person who would have a heart monitor implant, an automobile that would
have inbuilt sensors for alerting the driver in case of any additional need, a farm animal that
would have a biochip transponder and many others. These devices would be assigned with an IP
address and thus they would be able to conduct the transfer of data within the connected
network. In the recent times, different organizations are making use of the IoT technology for
operating in an efficient manner, understanding the demands of customers in a better manner and
thus deliver enhance mode of customer service (Gao and Bai 2014). The use of IoT devices and
the decisions gained from them would be able to help in improving the making of decisions and
thus increase the business value.
The IoT technology helps in extending the connectivity of the internet beyond the reach
of traditional devices such as laptop and desktop computers, tablets and smartphones. The reach
of the connectivity has diversified to a different range of devices and everyday used objects that
would be able to utilize the embedded technology (Huh, Cho and Kim 2017). These are mainly
used for communicating and interacting with the external environment with the help of Internet

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technology. Some of the examples of IoT connected devices are security systems, cars,
thermostats, electric lights, alarm clocks, vending machines and many others.
Different business could also leverage the applications of IoT in order to automate the
safety tasks in order to make them perform testing with the aid of networked sensors and
cameras for the purpose of detection of the ways of customer engagement with products.
2. Building Blocks of the Internet
The computer internet technology primarily refers to the hardware, software and different
transmission protocols that are mainly used for connecting computers in a network. The internet
technology is meant for the purpose of receiving and sending of data from one computer to
another based within a small network.
The three basic building blocks of the Internet technology are packet switching,
client/server computing and the TCP protocol.
Packet Switching – Packet switching is defined as a method for the transfer of data
within a network in the form of packet. This method is also defined as the method of splitting of
messages into parcels, routing the messages along the communication paths and then
reassembling them at the final destination point (Diamantopoulos et al. 2015). At the destination
point, the small data packets would be reassembled that would belong to the same file. The
technique of packet switching mainly make use of Store and Forward technique in order to
switch between packets.
Client/Server Computing – The technique of client/server computing normally refers to
the powerful client side computers that would be connected to more than one server computers.
The client computer is much powerful in order to display, process the message and store the