Research on Future of IoT

This research report explores the background, aims, and significance of studying the future of IoT. It discusses the current market trends and challenges in the IoT network. The report also provides insights for future research and includes a detailed research plan. Discover the potential and impact of IoT in various industries.

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Executive summary
The IoT devices have been a considerable part of undertaking the interaction with daily life projects.
This is seen in one year people throughout the world has been possessing about numerous devices.
These are interconnected to considerable number of users. The following report makes a
demonstration of the background of the study of the future of IoT with the daily projects. Next, the
aims and importance are included here. At last, a research plan is deployed here.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction:......................................................................................................................................3
2. Understanding the background:.........................................................................................................3
3. Discussion on aims and significances:..............................................................................................7
4. Making the research plan:..................................................................................................................7
5. Conclusion:........................................................................................................................................8
6. References:........................................................................................................................................9

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1. Introduction:
The objects of IoT or Internet of Things is anything such as artificial heart for human beings
to biochip transponder for the animals in farms to automobile consisting of sensors. These aspects
are essential for survival. At the preset digital era, as the business are developing there are the
necessity of the business to make the tasks go similar in effective manner.
In the following study, the background of the future of the Internet of Things is
demonstrated. This involves aims and significances. Lastly, a research plan is implemented here.
2. Understanding the background:
It is seen that in the present era, the landscape of the Internet has been burgeoning. This has
been not just about tablets, laptops, computers and smartphones. Presently various devices have been
connected through the Internet. Various smart devices have been involving toasters, toys, door locks,
different robotic vacuum cleaners. To consider all of that the IoT has been just an umbrella term.
Lee, Bae and Kim (2017) highlights that the IoT has been made up of various devices. This connects
the data and sharing the data with others. The mechanisms of IoT has never including the systems.
This has also been incorporating the elements that are equipped with many chips as per Nguyen and
Simkin (2017). This is to communicate and gather information through the network. Here, there has
been a wide range of potential and current IoT devices has been enormous. Further, the consumers
have been using the smartphones in communicating the IoT devices as per Fettweis (2016). This is
irrespective of the fact that it is a home thermostat of the speaker. It is seen that connected devices
have been offering various conveniences. This has been helpful to make the list of grocery, savings
and the time as one turns down the heat present at home as one is at vacation as shown by Arasteh et
al. (2016).

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Sajid, Abbas and Saleem (2016) show that within 2025, there is an estimation that there can
be more than about 20 billion IoT devices. It is demonstrated by a quick look back that the IoT
devices have been rising. Within 2016, there would more than about 4.7 billion connected over the
Online as per the IoT analytics. Hence, within 2021, the market would be rising to about 11.6 billion
IoT devices. Again, Vukobratovic et al. (2016) the cybercriminals have been continuing to utilize the
IoT devices for facilitating the DDoS attacks.
Further, the world within 2016, introduced the initial IoT malware. This involves strains of
malicious software. This has been infected through various connected devices like security cameras,
DVRs and many more. For instance, the Mirai malware has been accessing the devices through the
default usernames and passwords. Madakam, Ramaswamy and Tripathi (2015), has shown that next
to the malware has changes the affected systems to a specific botnet. This is to facilitate the DDoS or
Distributed Denial of Service attacks. In this way, one aims the overwhelming of sites under Internet
traffic, according to Morello et al. (2017). Here, the strike ended through flooding one of the biggest
sites hosting business. This has brought a famous and popular site with services to stop for hours. It
is seen that this specific strain of malware has been known as the open source. This indicates the
code available for any person to change as per Ploennigs, Cohn and Stanford-Clark (2018).
Munir, Kansakar and Khan (2017) mention that more cities have turning to be smart. Here,
the consumers have been just the ones to utilize the IoT devices. Here, the companies and cities have
been rousingly adopting smart innovations to save money and time. It indicates that the cities have
been capable of automating, distantly control and gather information through various steps as stated
by Mourtzis, Vlachou and Milas (2016). It involves the surveillance systems of video cameras,
visitor kiosks, taxis and bike rental stations as per Challa et al. (2017).

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Again, Motlagh, Bagaa and Taleb (2017) evaluate that artificial intelligence can turn into a
smart aspect. It is seen that various hubs of intelligent homes, lighting systems, thermostats and
coffee makes can gather information over the patterns and habits of usages. Kraijak and Tuwanut
(2015) as explained by as one set up the devices that are voice controlled, one must permit to record
what is said and storing the recordings under a cloud. Further, at most of the situations, the collected
data has been useful to facilitate machine learning. Chen et al. (2017) explain that machine learning
is a kind of AI helping the computers to understand. This is despite anything that is needed to be
programmed.
Further, the computers have been programmed such that it can concentrate on the data that
are received by them. Keramidas, Voros and Hübner (2016) assess that this latest data is helpful for
the machine, in learning the references and adjust as per accordance. Here, for instance, as any video
website proposes any movie that is to be liked, it has been determined likely to the preferences based
on the previous scopes according to (Kim, Ramos and Mohammed (2017).
Frustaci et al. (2018) discuss that the routers have been continuing to turn into smarter and
secure. Since, most of the consumers of the IoT devices have been residing at home, that are unable
to have the security software that is been installed to them. They can be vulnerable to the attacks.
The reason is that lots of manufacturers have been getting IoT products. This is to market very fast.
This makes the security to be an afterthought. It is the pace the home router has been playing a vital
role. This router is essentially the point of entry of the Internet at the home, as mentioned by Lilis et
al. (2017). As many of the connected devices have been secured, the router can deliver security at
the point of entry. This conventional router has been providing security like password protection,
firewalls and capability to configure to permit the devices over the network as per Boulogeorgos,
Diamantoulakis and Karagiannidis (2016). Here, the makers of the routers have been continuing to

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fetch various manners of boosting the security. Khan, Rehmani and Rachedi (2017) show that the 5G
networks have been continuing to fuel the growth IoT. Further, most of the wireless carriers have
been continuing to roll the 5G networks within 2019. This is the fifth generation wireless cellular.
This promises a higher pace and the capability to connect more smart devices at any time. Hakiri et
al. (2017) quicker networks has been indicating the data that s accumulated to the intelligent devices.
This has been to collected, managed and analyzed to a higher degree. It can put fuel on the
innovations at a various business that makes the IoT devices. This can boost the demand of
consumers regarding the latest products. Moreover, Marjani et al. (2017) mention that cares has been
getting smarter. At the current era, the arrival of 5G has been the shift towards the auto industry to a
big gear.
For instance, Rahman and Shah (2016) demonstrated that the development of driverless cars
and connected vehicles has been on the road. This can bring benefits from moving the data faster.
Here, one should never think of the car as the IoT device. However, the car has been rising the data
analysis and connect that to additional IoT devices. This involves the high-tech vehicles over the 4
wheels as per (Behmann and Wu 2015).
Moreover, the arrival of the 5G has been also opening the door towards the security concerns
and new privacies. More 5G IoT devices in time can get connected to the 5G network directly
through W-Fi routers as identified by Sheng et al. (2015). Here, the trend can make the devices to be
vulnerable the direct attacks as per the current blog post of Symantec. Again, Bibri (2018) displays
that for the home users, this has been turning to more complicated in monitoring every IoT devices.
This is because this can bypass the core router. At broader scale, the rise in dependency over
the storage over the cloud-storage has been providing the attackers with more targets for attempting
the breach. The DDOs attacks that have been IoT-based have been more form to be dangerous as per

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Majeed and Rupasinghe (2017). Further, the botnet that is powered has been DDoS attacks has been
utilized for the affected IoT devices. This brings down the sites. Also, the IoT devices have been
used for the direct attacks as per the blog post of Symantec. Apart from this, Montgomery (2015)
there has been future attempts for weapons the devices of IoT. Here, a probable cause has been the
country shutting down the home thermostats to the state of the enemies as harsh winter comes in.
Further, the privacy and security concerns have been driving administrative tasks and legislation.
Moreover, there is a rise in IoT devices as this is the cause of privacy and security that are rising as
per Tzounis et al. (2017).
3. Discussion on aims and significances:
The significance of the current research lies in the fact that it is helpful to seek the best
solution for every concern. Instead of searching in the library, the users can access a massive
quantity of data from the home devices.
 The aims lie in the following fact.
 To determine the prospects of IoT
 To make a research plan an effective research plan for the future researches.
Furthermore, the various open questions from this study are listed below.
 What are the future prospect and scope of IoT?
 What are the future challenges for the innovation at IoT?
 What are the current challenges in IoT for future development?
 Are the IoT devices secure for the future generation?
4. Making the research plan:
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors

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Analyzing the Overview of IoT 12 mons Thu 5/9/19 Wed 4/8/20
Evaluating the current market
and research trend of IoT
10 mons Thu 4/9/20 Wed 1/13/21 1
Determining the research
challenges of the IoT network
8 mons Thu 1/14/21 Wed 8/25/21 2
Demonstrating insights for the
future IoT network
6 mons Thu 8/26/21 Wed 2/9/22 3
Figure 1: “Research plan for the current project”
(Source: Created by Author)
5. Conclusion:
The future of IoT has been virtually not restricted to the developments of consumers and
technology desires. This is to integrate devices like smartphones with various household names.
Moreover, the above study shows that the Wi-Fi has made that reality to make a connection with
machines and people over the land. This is vital both the governments and companies have been
keeping that ethic in mind as the fourth industrial resolution is approached. Having much

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information to travel from device to device, security in technology is needed to rise. This is quick as
connectivity for keeping that with the rise in demand.
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