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Enabling the Internet of Things : from integrated circuits to integrated systems
Alioto M., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2017. 520 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319514-80-2)
Date Reviewed: Aug 9 2017

In 18 chapters, this book presents an interesting view of the future: a world filled with an uncountable number of “things” defined as often minute and semiautonomous objects, each connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) via nodes, gateways, and ultimately the cloud. Today, the beginning of the IoT is a collection of devices such as smartphones, computers, and control tools like computer-connected thermostats. (An audit of my home counts 19 elements connected to WiFi.) Perhaps these should be referred to as the Internet of Devices (IoD) to distinguish them from the IoT elements the authors describe.

The IoT nodes described herein will minimize energy usage, and will be largely single-chip constructs. The predicted applications described are in areas including agriculture, automotive, public transportation, healthcare, and industrial processes. As IoT becomes pervasive, the elements themselves will fade into the background. The collection of nodes will work semi-autonomously to collect data and refine it into information to produce realizable goals.

The book itself comprises a lengthy and well-written introduction to IoT, followed by several chapters giving guidance with respect to design details and methodologies. Much attention is given to energy savings, and there is even a chapter on energy harvesting from photovoltaic, radio frequency, and body-powered thermal energy.

The security implications of IoT are covered in a standalone chapter. Security is certainly one of the major considerations since the average individual will be unaware and entirely captive to any implications.

Several sections discuss the future and predict deployments. IoT is coming; the authors forecast a market of 1010 units by the mid-2020s. While forecasts are obviously difficult, IoT will arrive, but perhaps not as soon as offered by this book.

Since each chapter is individually authored, there is no index and no list of acronyms. Nonetheless, this work provides useful insight into the field. Each chapter is well illustrated and well referenced.

Reviewer:  J. S. Edwards Review #: CR145471 (1710-0635)
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