This comprehensive text/reference presents a broad-ranging overview of
device connectivity in distributed computing environments, supporting
the vision of an Internet of Things (IoT). Expert perspectives are
provided by an international selection of researchers from both industry
and academia, covering issues of communication, security, privacy,
interoperability, networking, access control, and authentication. In
addition to discussing state-of-the-art research and practice, the book
includes corporate analyses offering a balanced view of benefits and
limitations, and numerous case studies illustrating the challenges and
practical solutions.
Topics and features: discusses issues of security and privacy in
connected environments, with a specific focus on the impact of the IoT
paradigm on enterprise information systems; examines the challenges of
managing big data in IoT environments, and proposes cloud
computing-based solutions to the limitations inherent in the IoT
paradigm; suggests approaches to overcome service-level interoperability
problems in the IoT environment; introduces a mobile IoT simulator
designed to evaluate the behavior of IoT systems, in addition to a novel
approach to manage hyper-connectivity in the IoT; describes the use of
the Essence framework to model software development methods, and
highlights the benefits of integrating data from smart buildings and IoT
devices; presents an asymmetric schema matching mechanism for IoT
interoperability, and explores the topic of automatic provenance capture
at the middleware level; reviews emerging network topologies and
communication technologies, and advises on the adoption of a data
distribution service as a middleware platform for IoT systems.
This practically-oriented volume serves as a complete reference for
students, researchers and practitioners of distributed computing,
providing insights into the latest approaches, technologies, and
frameworks relevant to the IoT environment.
