August 2017
Intermediate to advanced
254 pages
6h 10m
English
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Using MQTT .NET library to communicate with IoT Hub
MQTT is a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) client server publish/subscribe messaging transport protocol. It is a lightweight, low-bandwidth, high-latency network, and easy to implement connectivity protocol.
The key benefits of MQTT protocol are:
- Simple to implement
- Provide Quality of Service (QoS) data delivery
- Lightweight and bandwidth efficient
MQTT protocol can connects multiple devices using the publish/subscribe mechanism to collect data from many devices. The MQTT, targets device data collection mainly for telemetry or remote monitoring purposes. It then transports that data to the backend central system using publish/subscribe mechanism.
In this recipe, we will understand the MQTT protocol ...